The first thing I did was remove all of the dirt from a container that was in the yard when I moved in, moved the container to a new location, and filled it back up with the dirt minus any crap that had accumulated in there over time. I'm guessing whoever lived in the house before me bought and used this container to grow some things. It is now positioned underneath our bedroom window against the house. I'm probably going to plant some shady flowers or something in there later on.
THEN I began removing old grass and leveling out the area where my new garden is going to go! It was tough, but a few blisters later it was in place! The next step was fastening the PVC piping to the sides of the container to hold it in place. It is just slightly wobbly near the top so I may end up securing it to the ground with some hemp and stakes if necessary. Then in went the soil! My mixture and the amounts fit perfectly and Steve helped me out with the mixing. TA DA!!!
After getting all the soil in i wet the top with some mist to help the soil settle and retain a bit of moisture. I'm probably going to do this every other day or so throughout the week until next weekend...or until the soil has a good consistency for seed planting.
After some lunch I began prepping the mini seedling cups for my indoor seeds. I filled all the cups with vermiculite, then put seeds in them near the top, then topped them off with a little more vermiculite. Then I let them sit in a pan with 2 inches of water so the vermiculite could soak in the water, returned them to their original dry pan, labeled my seeds, then covered and sat them under a lamp! I know the seeds don't need light for germination, but the lamp will hopefully help retain some heat and moisture inside the lidded pan until they start to sprout. Then I will put them in a windowsill for some direct sunlight.
Thats all for today, my legs are sore, but I'm totally excited about my new garden. Here we go!!!
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