Last Friday I started my first garden! I spent a couple days prior gathering supplies: seeds, pots, soil, seed starters, etc. Currently, my garden has lemon balm and spearmint plants, and I'm starting the rest from seeds. I'll *hopefully* have basil, broccoli, cucumbers, green beans, lavender, rosemary, and spinach. I am also attempting to start a chinese plum (loquat) plant from seeds from my in-laws' tree. *fingers crossed* My mom and Lamar think I should grow tomatoes... but as I don't like them, I am still undecided on that front. Writing all this out just now makes me sound suuuper ambitious, but hey, go big or go home... right?!
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These are the potted Lemon Balm & Spearmint plants. |
The lemon balm and spearmint are supposedly good for teas. I really wanted peppermint, but couldn't find any, so gonna make this spearmint work. When I get the plants more settled, I'll try making the tea. I'm excited to taste whole leaf from my garden tea ^.^
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Here are the finished pots, pods, & jars. |
It's been a long time since I've done any gardening, so getting my hands in the dirt and planting each seed was nicely satisfying. I felt like I was tucking each seed into a wee little bed ^.^ Anywho, a few of them have already sprouted, as you can see. I'm very excited to watch them continue to grow. And I'm pretty sure that the first salad I have with my own veggies will be the best salad ever! lol
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Sprouts!! |
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Of course I couldn't plant a garden without DIYing some cute labels :) |
Thumbs up for jumping into my 30before30 garden and all the work it'll need! It's going to be fun ^.^
Good luck on your garden!! Your plants all look so healthy and happy! Makes me feel like I should get started but the world is a little behind here in zone 4..... mmmm plants. There's nothing like a salad made from your own veggies :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandy! I looked at my lavender plant today and there was a wee little sprout. I wanted to run all around the house ^.^ Is it still covered in snow up there in the mountains or Delaware? I'm totally unsure of where you actually live o.O
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