I am coming to you live from my couch where a lot of garden planning as been taking place. Because this winter has been so, so, so very warm and because I live in sunny California, about two weeks ago I started some seeds indoors hoping to get an extra early start on my garden this year. Last year I was starting seeds in april and had some transfers in March, as a result many of my tomatoes didn't produce very much or for very long and my artichoke plant didn't get many artichokes until summer was over.I have started sunflower seeds, zucchini, pumpkin, tomato, chamomile, chives, corn, lavender, and cucumber in a little seed starting tray. Sunflowers and corn aren't particularly fond of being transplanted, so we will see how that goes but I was too excited to hold back much longer. I had a bit of a problem with my seedlings, they grew long and floppy and started leaning towards the sunny window and falling over, so I decided that since it has been so warm lately, I would set out my seeds container in the sun every day to see if the little ones harden off. I like having them in this tray that I can move indoors in the evenings because even thought the days have been summer-like, the evenings have been pretty frigid still.
There has been much weeding, pruning, and trimming in the past couple of weeks so that is fantastic.
Also, as a reminder to all of you apartment dwellers out there, now is a good time to start dressing up your containers and start thinking of good space-saving garden options like this hanging herb garden or this hanging kitchen container turned planter. Check out pintrest for tons of other great gardening tips and tricks!
NVG-out!
