Checkup 6/30/10

It has now been a week since we started the first seedlings. (Some of those still aren't showing signs of life yet.) However, some of the seedlings we planted on Saturday, are already breaking through the surface. This has surely taught us that quality seeds do indeed make a difference.

Here are some pics from today:


(cherry Tomatoes)
















































Brocoli














Pumpkin










Red Onion





















Swiss Chard

It's ALIVE!!

Today, Monday 6/28/10 I took some pictures of the first seedlings to poke through the soil. Pumpkin, Cherry Tomato, Simpson Lettuce and Parsley are all the front runners. here are some pictures.





















































Then, as I was working on this post, there was a knock at the door and BAM! Let there be BUCKETS!

































Its on like Donkey Kong!

The Whitehouse Garden

Last week, on 6/22/10 we officially started our "bucket garden". Since we are renters, and the cost of raised beds is fairly high, not to mention they become permanent fixtures here at the property, we started looking for ways to grow vegetables and herbs without having to leave our investment behind. The answer we found, was delightfully simple and quite economical. A five gallon bucket garden!

Although the buckets have not yet arrived, last week we started some seedlings, and this past Saturday, we planted even more. We just bought some cheap little peat pots, and some potting soil and started the seeds. I even found a growing light at our local hardware store, enabling us to provide all the sunlight needed for the seedlings right in the kitchen.

Here are some of the pictures.

Here you can see I just bought some chain, a couple of hooks and floated the light down over the seedling tray.










The twelve pots on the left, were planted last Tuesday 6/22/10. The rest were planted on Saturday 6/26/10.











Here is a better angle of the tray. The first three rows on the left were from Tuesday. The remainder are all from Saturday.









We are looking forward to finally growing our own veggies again. Being down in Florida, should make it to where we can have something growing/harvesting all year long.