Friday, March 19, 2010

The plant starters after just one week!


Heather is in California, so I am doing my best to raise these plants on my own for a few days. These are some photos of their growth from their first week of life.
This is their greenhouse home. It cost us about six dollars at home depot, but I'm sure it would be rather easy to construct. We used the little starter boxes that will just disintegrate when we put them in the ground. Notice that some of the leaves are already hitting the top of the greenhouse. I don't think their going to make it in there six weeks.
This is me admiring the plants.
This little forest is a side view of what is growing.
These plants are winning for the tallest of the bunch. They are cucumbers. Next in line is the lettuce, the watermelons and then the lettuce.
These front little guys are the roma tomatoes, and behind them are the cherry tomatoes.
I am going to be looking into buying a composting bin and starting our compost pile. I know where to buy one in Portland, but I'm not sure about here. Any leads?

Keep checking back and letting us know if there are things you would like to know about. We are compiling a list of things of questions we can research.


6 comments:

sarah said...

I saw a great composting bin at Costco a couple weeks ago. It was a little pricey but looked like a good one. I'm not quite ready to launch into that yet, but I was a little inspired when I saw this bin.

pandabeard said...

If you have room, just do a huge pile surrounded by chicken wire. If not, use a big plastic trash bin.

http://www.hgic.umd.edu/_media/documents/BackyardCompostinghg35pfv.pdf

Can't wait to see u in May

Heather said...

Oh ASH!! You're doing such a great job all on your own! Look at you, acting like a single mom! jk.
Tell those little sprouts that I'm almost home! I miss you, and them too!
Thanks for the update!

Becky @ Project Domestication said...

ahhh. look at these thangs grow! I'm so excited for you guys.

I've been following the blog for a few weeks now and loving it.

I'm doing some gardening as well this year too. :)

hoping to grow arugula...do you know anyone that has grown it in provo successfully? also thinking about tomatillos..

C'est La Vie said...

oh i need a garden! good for you! :)

thanks for the comment!

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