After three years of being on a waiting list for a garden plot through Wasatch Gardens, I finally was up for a spot at the 4th East Garden location and now am the proud keeper of a plot that is about 8 x 30 feet.
A few days ago, Michael and I turned over the soil in our garden plot, pulling up weeds, and later mixed in some diluted fish emulsion and what's called diatomaceous earth. The next day our bodies felt like we'd been beaten with broomsticks, but we had so much fun...a healthy kind of masochism, no?
Next we planted our little seedlings (and some okra and beet seeds): 6 varieties of tomatoes, squash, pumpkin, basil, cucumber, Thai eggplant and another kind of eggplant (forget the name), onion, lavender, and oregano. We tried our best to plot out the garden so that everything was planted alongside a companion plant.
Yesterday, much to everyone's chagrin, it snowed and rained (!), and night threatened to reach freezing temperatures. With my grumpy pants on, I bought some cheap, transparent tarp from Lowe's and covered the plants and am hoping that they are okay.
I also bought a couple strawberry seedlings and am growing several teeny, on-the-verge-of-death basil seedings indoors. When the sun pokes out again later this week, I'm going to try growing more seeds indoors in hopes to plant them soon on the other half of our garden plot, which we'll probably prepare some time this weekend. I'd also like to try growing some ginger in my sunny-ish back room (though it's kind of more the kitty litter room right now).
Gardening and gardening books I find are a kind of porn and a great distraction from exam reading!
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