Update: Garden

We knew we started gardening late this year. We knew it was just a 'test' to see if we can even grow anything. Well...the stuff grew... and plenty. Too bad the season's almost over and our veggies are nowhere near harvest. Sad

It's not all lost, we did learn things about gardening. Self-watering containers ROCKS!! They are absolutely awesome. I think I found the perfect place to grow these guys.. on our roof-top balcony! All sun all day long.. and NO insects! The planters we have (below) ground level.. have many pests.

Like our Kale bush... it's been growing like mad.. unfortunately, they've been riddled with pests. (spiders, little green bugs, little white bugs, puffy green bugs, yuk!)

Our 2 blueberry bushes have now been transplanted into the ground. Let's hope they'll survive the winter!

Green and Red Peppers (Red ones become red AFTER they are grown up.... that's why you don't see any) Too many to count here!

Big Beef Tomatoes. Too bad they're not big (And too bad they're not beef!) O well.. these tiny little suckers was fun to watch grow anyways.

Garden

Update on the garden.

I just realized no one really care for our garden posts. It only serves as a progress bar for ourselves. A documented journal that we can track.



- Tomato = 13 inches tall (4 inches since we started this 3 weeks ago!! Love the self-watering container concepts!!!)
- Red/Green peppers - 6 inches tall (1.5 inch growth!)

Added 2 new additions to the garden.

- Strawberries in a traditional container (a branch off of mom's patch)
- Kale - 10 inch tall - in a self-watering container

Trying out growing Kale... apparently it's a super-food. You eat it, and it'll give you immortality.

Project: Gardening

Lina's been having her green thumb itching. So, we've decided to try and kill two birds with one stone by (attempting) to grow vegeatables. Re-Experiment with gardening and save some grocery money while we're at it. I say "re-experiment" because we had once tried it before.. and failed. All our plants either died or were saved from the brink of death by mom.

We have brown thumbs.

Why and how we failed last time:
1) Location, Location, Location.
2) Soil
3) Not watering. Duh! We have lifestyles that distract from gardening responsibilities. Plus, we're just forgetful.

Now, writing this list.. it seems we not only failed, we failed MISERABLY. Because, those are the only 3 things that any plant life needs. And we didn't provide any of it. Sad. Really really sad.

This time it's different. We're doing our homework.

Our Goal.

So to fix this, we tackled each of the 3 failed points.
1) We're putting this garden in a spot that will have at least 6 hours of sunlight.
2) Not just random soil. But, this time we're using a 50/50 mix of organic potting soil and compost. This should really be enough nutrient for any vegetable.
3) This is my favorite solution... the Self-Watering container. I found this idea on the internet. People had been DIY-ing a simple and cheap solution to minimum watering for plants. (inspired by the Earthbox). This DIY is almost free! As compared to Earthbox which I found locally for $100! I was sold on "minimum watering" and "cheap".

I'm excited about this project.. updates to follow.