Tuesday, March 15, 2011

How to make moss shakes-not for eating :)

I read about moss shakes and making living art with it in the Studio G blog (love this blog by the way, I highly suggest following it).
Here's the link:
Studio G

Seeds Started

I started my seeds last Tues! So hopefully I will actually get some peppers and red tomatoes this year!
This year, I'm trying some new plants; the garden has this year:
tomatoes (regular)
tiny tim tomatoes
Blushing Beauty bell peppers
Banana peppers
jalapeno peppers
onions
scallions
radish
pumpkins
zucchini
cucumbers
garlic
basil
carrots
spinach
lettuce

This is a lot.  Some of it, the lettuce and spinach and scallions, will be in containers (since it worked so well last year) and will help with weeding. 
I'm also going to plant the plants closer than last year to help cut down on weeding. I think that black paper REALLY helped last year, so I'm going to definitely buy that again.  It's worth the money to save my back and time. 

I also started sprouts successfully, so those will be ready in a few days!

Monday, March 7, 2011

Cucumber Support

Here is the trellis I want to buy/make for my garden! I think I can make it, so I'm going to try that first.  Using fallen branches from the woods, twine, and wooden stakes, I think I can create a much cheaper version of the design below.  I'll let you know how it goes  :)  The image is from Gardener's Supply website.  I think this design will be better than the vertical support I had last year because it will put less stress on the plant.  We'll see if it's more productive this year.