100% Chance of Sprouts!

I can't believe all of my sprouts are almost in. The last two holding out is the lettuce and spearmint. I'm hopefull they will sprout soon...hopefully. lol

In the meanwhile, my husband bought me a organic gardening book. I've been engrossed looking at all of the pictures. Everything is broken down in simple terms and to the point. I've become enlightened on gardening ideas, techniques and planning I knew nothing about. I'm starting to feel more confident. I just might be able to pull this thing off.

My mother had some friendly advice, don't put the jalapeno/hot pepper plants next to the tomatoes...the tomatoes can become spicy because of the pollinating bees. Can anyone relate? In any case, I'll be separating the hot plants from the tomatoes. lol

I took a few shots of my seedling garden ...

Time to start transplanting, it came sooner than I thought it would.

Looking refreshed after an evening spritz.

I bought some soil from Lowe's a couple of days ago and I was dissapointed. It was an all natural soil, but it did not advertise it was organic. Since my goal is to have an organic garden, it's important I get the right soil. However, for the price, my husband was happy with the amount we recieved. (3 cu. ft.) And, like I mentioned before, at this stage it's all experimental. Now is the time to play around with different soils and techniques. The soil wasn't like the Miracle Grow soil with time release abilities. Although, I did notice that Miracle Grow makes an organic soil. It has a time relase ability too ... is it really organic if it does? Curious.

Sprouted Wishes,
Monica ;0)

Garden Beginnings

Today was a great day! It started off with breakfast with the mother-in-law. I'm blessed to have a pretty cool mother-in-law. She made us pancakes and bacon! The boys wolfed it down and that was that! We were planning on having waffles, but I left the bag the waffle iron was in on the ground behind the car thinking my husband would load it up, he ran the waffle maker over. It shattered! Oh well, a lovely excuse to get a new one! lol


This is a photo of my teenager holding his pancakes and my mother-in-law cooking in the background. Looking at those pancakes is making me hungry right now. That's my adorable baby having a great time exploring and getting into stuff.

After breakfast, we headed over to Home Depot to get some seeds I wanted to plant for this 2nd season. I ran into a nice gentleman who was picking seeds for his garden. We had a nice conversation, he was very helpful and offered me a lot of great advice. I guess I don't have to worry about people being stingy with the knowledge or experiences.

The day ended with me setting up my gardening space in the backyard. My husband helped me set up the tables and it was all fun and games from there.


This is the seed starting soil I'm starting with. It's 100% organic by Jiffy.

I've placed my starter pods in a plastic container so that the water from them won't ruin my table. I watered the pods first because they are super absorbant and wanted them to soak it up faster. Then I added the soil to the pods. I'm going to let them soak overnight before I plant the seeds. I did that because I was still working on picking the seeds I wanted to plant, and if I planted them tonight I would of felt rushed. So, tomorrow I'll be planting seeds. Yeah!! ;0)




The extra water you see in the container is about an inch deep. Tomorrow I will know if this was too much or not enough. Either way, it will be ok because I can dump the excess on the lawn or fill it with more.


Once I plant my seeds I will mark them with these knife markers. I had this box from years and years ago that wasn't being used. So, instead of buying more plastic, I chose to use these knifes. I used a permenant marker and will use them over and over again.


This is my 17 month old future homesteader. He's the dreamy apple of my eye! ;0)

Warm Wishes,
Monica ;0)