Experimentation
I’m calling this post “Experimentation” although it actually represents another mistake.
Take another look at the photo in the previous post. I like using peat pots to start my plants. The problem is that I bought the little ones and had to re-pot as the plants grew. This can create nasty little air pockets between the little peat pots and the pots into which they were re-potted. Roots don’t like those air spaces. Also, I decided to re-pot some of the plants by inserting them into clay pots. There are a zillion of them I inherited from the previous owner of our falling-down-greenhouse so I thought, “why not!” Maybe I’ll find out “why not”.
Next year I’ll plant all my plants in the larger 3″ peat pots.
Anyone that would like some clay pots, please come by and help yourself.
3 Responses to “Experimentation”
Inspiring. It brought back memories of the “Victory Gardens” during WWII. Vacant lots were turned into food production gardens. Go for it! “They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.” Ps 126:6
I think those victory gardens were the inspiration for the President’s garden at the White House. Now I have a picture in my head of Mr. Obama singing as he “returns with the harvest!” Thanks for the historical – and biblical – perspective.
speaking of the president’s (or perhaps it is the first lady’s) Victory Garden, the pesticide industry/lobby “shudders” at the idea that it is organic. you can read a little more here.
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/wh_garden/?rc=tm