Planting the first seeds

Saturday, April 11th: Ok, I got my supplies and it's a beeeautiful day, so let's get to plantin! I got every book I could from the library including: Container Gardening for Dummies, and went on countless garden websites including: http://www.caes.uga.edu/extension/. I was a lil nervous because I decided at the last minute to start my garden and so I didnt start any seedlings indoors. I chose to start everything from seed. Here goes:

I wasn't sure which pot to use for each plant, so I doubled up on a few. I realized that most of the pots were too small, so I wouldn't have enough. Oh well, I'll just plant what I can today. I was being stingy with the soil! I just kept thinking..."I only have two bags, I gotta ration". So as a result, some of my pots don't have dirt that reaches to the top.

Carrots

Zucchini, Squash & Carrots

Oregano, Basil & Thyme

Bibb Lettuce

Ok, now I have to purify the space so I am burning my sweetgrass and asking the Creator for an abundant harvest. Ashe'

Initial purchases

Wednesday, April 8th: I went to Garden Ridge to compare prices on gardening supplies. It felt good to be there because G.R. and I used to have a thang goin on back when I lived on Busbee. How can one store have so much stuff?? They got WAY too much of my $ back then. I walked around the entire gardening section, writing down prices and then thought, "Why don't I just buy it?". So I did (and ended up taking everything back!).

The tools, gloves and watering can were all cheaper at Wal-Mart. That was my next stop. I found most of my seeds there. Who knew they would have such an extensive organic seed selection? I thought I was going to have to go to Sevananda to get everything organic. I wanted to buy a bit of everything, but I restrained myself to just 11 packets: Thyme, Basil, Oregano (which I pronounce oreghhhano like Dr. Gillian McKeith), Zucchini, Squash, Tomatoes, Broccoli, Cucumbers, Carrots, Red Onions & Bibb Lettuce. Just 2 bucks each. I guess that's a good price. I couldn't find the Bell Peppers, Salad Mix & Spearmint that I wanted. I found Scott's Organic Potting Mix on sale and bought the Plant Food concentrate too. I can't wait to get started!