Planting the Seeds

After 2 months of growing in the makeshift greenhouse, our sprouts were ready to plant. We bought some burlap from the hardware store to use as a barrier between the city soil and our hummus + fertilizer mix. This is yet another year we have resisted the seemingly mountainous project of building raised bed boxes. We're probably making it a bigger deal than it is, but maybe if these plants take we'll be ready to build raised beds by the fall for some year round vegetable growth.

Burlap is cut, placed over the bed and the bed is covered first with hummus (compost soil) and then with fertilizer. 

            Hummus collected from the compost and the sprouts, ready to leave the greenhouse.  We planted sunflowers in each bed because they are said to pull heavy metals out of the soil. Urban gardens are notorious for lead (not a good mix for an edible garden)

The mint that lasted all winter; it has really taken off in the last few weeks, pictured a month ago here 

tomatoes, cucumbers, and sunflowers 

rainbow bell peppers, jalapenos, and sunflowers

herbs: parsley and basil (the only seedlings that took)

I really hope all these plants take. Once I got them into the ground, they looked much weaker than they had in their incubator. I'll keep you posted.

What's left to do:

1. Plant some bee attracting flowers.
2. More herbs

Dreams for the near future:

1. A year round garden
2. A bee hive
3. Chickens