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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Garden restart!

Sorry it has been so long! It is difficult to rush Mother Nature!! As I said before we lost everything and tried new water levels,new plants and some seeds' This experiment seems(so far) to be a success! You can see in the picture that the new plantings are getting to the point where it appears to be readying itself to blossom!

The tomato plant appears to be growing also

and the seeds that were placed right aat the waterline in the straight gravel appears to be sprouting also.
All in all-so far-so good!
I admit that as far as scientific controls go-well-not so much! But I have segregated seeds from seedlings and grown starter plants that We purchased. I have some "heritage seeds" that I am saving to make sure this works with the store-bought stuff..
The plants that we purchased were carefully removed from their containers and I gently removed the soil from the roots,then placed them in the gravel at the high waterline....This seems to be working as you can see from the picture.




All in all it is encouraging to see GREEN!
Just in case all fails (not expecting it too,mind you) I have planted a garden in REAL DIRT anyway-only because I am an impatient sort and am really looking forwad to fresh tomatoes,cukes and peppers!