Our Starts for the Balcony!

...and some for our community garden!

We made use of egg carton, and other recycled materials, and containers, and planted our first seeds of Spring, indoors of course, to start them.  We won't be able to put most of them outside until the snow is off of Peoh Point (Mid May to June), but we've got starts already!

Here is some pictures of our planting inside...

In the Orange pot is garlic that Aaron planted. :)

 Lettuce bottom left, Peas bottom right.

 Peas!

 When transplanting, I open the bottom to create better ease for the roots.

 Watering after planting seeds!

 Re-used Egg carton, dixie cups, scewers cut up and paper for lables, 

 The boys, feeling accomplished after planting all the seeds. :)

 These are Chives seeds from my garden two years ago.  Boy do I miss my old garden.  you see the black speck?  That's a chive seed!

  The boys filling the egg carton with soil (organic)

 All of our materials ready for planting seeds!

Starting Over

So today, it came to me that maybe it's time to start thinking about gardening again.  I've thought for awhile now that because of the huge change in our lives, our income, and no garden plot anymore, that I would have to give it up until we were in a home again, not an apartment.  Today, I believe I've decided that won't hold true.  I'm going to do this.  I'm going to grow some food Dammit!  It's in my blood, it's in my heart, and it's in my thumb! (The green one) :)

So, I've changed the name of my Garden Blog, and I've been looking around on the internet at balcony gardening.  I've also heard a rumor that they might be interested in a community garden here at the apartments, so I will find out about that too.  The big task, the big challenge, is to do this with hardly any income. :)  I can start saving plastic bottles, containers.  I've already started saving egg cartons, for starting seedlings in.  I need to find a good soil source, I'm hoping I won't have to buy ALL of my soil, if I can find a source around here somewhere.....

Next challenge is to find cheap or free bigger containers, for when the plants are growing big.  Where to search. Frugal gardening.  Hmmm...

I'm finding the info on this site helpful: Start a self sufficiency garden even in a cramped apartment

Now, to start collecting containers, soil, start making compost, and find my seeds at low cost.  Did I mention this would be a bit of a challenge?  Low cost, balcony gardening.  I can do it.  Sure I can. :)