Starting some seeds for the garden

Since the propagation chamber is vacated now, I decided to go ahead and start some things for the summer garden. Originally, I wanted to direct sow, but realized that the earlier I get these things out into the garden - I might be able to avoid some of the pest problems I had last year. Anyway...I picked up this cheap pack of marigold seeds at Walmart, and hope they germinate well. Twelve plants should be enough, evenly spaced throughout the garden. Hopefully, they will deter some of the harmful pests, when they do show up.

Photo below - I got out my seed towers and cell packs leftover from last year, and started several varieties of veggies. I really enjoyed doing this.



Photo below - burgundy okra, and also clemson spineless okra. I grew clemson only last year, but received the burgundy seed from a trade. Thanks, soonergrandmom!

Photo below - peaches and cream sweet corn. I've sown 27 cells, and don't really know where i'll put them all...there were only 20 in the original plan! I have an idea, though...heh. Maybe some more planters made from Earthtainer scrap pieces?

Photo below - here's my marigolds, and cross country cucumbers. Cross Country is what I grew last year, and they did great!

Photo below - Here's several melons, squash, and pickling cucumbers started. The plant markers were made from an empty gallon milk jug - cut into strips. Worked pretty good!



And finally, over 120 cells planted with seed for the summer garden. Oh...this is gonna be a bigun'! I'll post the planting list and layout tomorrow! WooHoo!!!

I'll provide a link on the sidebar to the old site, so that people can see the over 200 posts that have previously been written.

Take care, and happy gardening!

EG