I wanted to add that I also (finally) got my lighting set up. I'll have to take a picture and post it soon, but it's quite rickety, and my basement is slightly scary and dungeony, so it might be a little more embarrassing than my trashed garden before I cleaned it up! LOL! The basic premise of it is this: The light is attached to a pulley so that I can either move the light evenly up and down, or raise and lower each end separately if needed (for larger seedlings). I plugged the light into a cheap ($2) timer, and set it to turn off for 6 hours per day.
It was a bit more work than I'd expected and knowing I still had a lot of work outdoors to do, I didn't re-pot my broccoli today which is getting a little spindly and pathetic looking. Also, I failed to mention my lettuce (all 4 plants) sprouted probably Friday. I planted two seeds per pod, and every single seed came up. I still have a twang of sympathy every time I have to pull up an unneeded seedling... it's what this method has done to me. Waste not, want not.
Nothing else has sprouted, although I put my entire tray of potential and existing seedlings under the light. The basement tends to be a bit cold, so I brought in a small blowing space heater instead of a fan as I'd planned. It has an automatic shut off for 4 hours, so it shouldn't overheat. What I need to do is just bring up the non-sprouted pods and keep them warm as I normally do, but I just like my new little work space so much that I can't bring myself to unorganize what I just organized. It's the OCD.
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About My Garden
This is my second year using Mel Bartholemew's Square Foot Garden method. I'm a beginner gardener at best, but found last year's harvest to be completely amazing. So here it is, 2009, in the midst of very scary times, and my desire to be self sufficient has become more than just a hobby. More than that, I want to know what I'm feeding to my family. The SFG method is an awesome way to produce enough food to feed my family in the space that I have available, and doesn't cost a ridiculous amount of money. This blog is my way to keep record of what I've accomplished, getting advice from the multitude of better gardeners than I, as well as enlightening the non-gardener (or traditional gardener) on the SFG method.
About Me
- Sarah
- I have a wonderful husband, Brandon, a 11 year old daughter, a 13 year old son, a 16 year old stepson and a brand spanking new 1 year old little girl (yikes!). My favorite puppy, Seamus, (and a yucky brown dog that came as a package deal with my hubby.) I've been a surgical nurse for 8 years now, and I loove it. I love my family and my friends, I love to read, I love getting involved and making changes for the better, I love horror movies, I love watching people, and I love thinking about all the things I have yet to do.