Saturday was a beautiful sunny 60-degree day at our home in Amite, Louisiana! It was spent outside planting this year’s vegetable garden seeds in small pots.
Roy planted his creole tomato seeds a few weeks ago and they are doing very well. He planted those seeds differently than we did last year.
In past seasons I planted several seeds per pot and transplanted the healthiest plant into the garden. This year Roy planted only one seed per pot. All but two of his 18 potted seeds started growing well. He planted a fresh seed in each of those two pots and they are both doing well now.
This year he packed each pot also soaked each pot in water after packing down the potting soil. He then poked a hole about half an inch down and placed one seed in the pot covering it with dirt.
Since this seemed to work so well for his 18 tomato plants I did the same today for my 100+ plant seeds. From last year’s crop, I dried seeds for bell peppers, okra, eggplant, and cucumbers. I might plant some of the watermelon seeds later on.
I purchased seeds for cherry tomatoes, carrots, spinach, and green beans. I did not grow spinach and green beans last year. I’ve never grown either of them so this is really new for me. The carrots were grown last year in the garden near the pond. That location is not going to be a garden this year as it is the home of our precious Bo and Peep Ducks. The carrots are going to grow in the main garden this year.
I wrote the name of each plant on a popsicle stick. I’m working on new rocks to identify the plant for each row in the garden. It takes the plant a few weeks of growth before I can tell them apart so the rocks serve a very important purpose.
We have four large white potatoes sprouting inside. Roy’s brother Paul brought us two mirliton plants that have nice vines already growing on them.
So the vegetable garden season has begun. At least inside it has. The shelves and plant grow lights we purchased last year will be their home for a while now. Roy will till the soil before they begin their hardening process so they can survive outside.
So they are all lined up on the shelves and the germination process has begun!
Ya’ll have a Blessed week!
BECAUSE HE LIVES 