Well the time has come for another fantastic garden bloggers SeedGROW project, courtesy of Renee's Garden! This year's project promises to be three times the fun with three varieties of seed: basil 'Italian Cameo', lettuce 'Garden Babies', and marigold 'Summer Splash'. In this first planter I planted the marigold on May 9th, along with beans, peas, and a nasturtium...
....and the marigolds are coming along nicely!
Here I've planted the basil (also on the 9th), and there's LOTS of good germination going on.....
...almost ready to do some thinning as a matter of fact (thanks in part to the grill grate protection from digging chipmunks).
There are 3 other areas with project seeds planted (including the lettuce), but with less progress. NOT the fault of Renee's seeds, however: my weather has been
exceptionally cool this year. As a matter of fact, the low was
26 degrees on May 27th!! Frankly I'm happy that any of these plants are alive at all, they're rock stars as far as I'm concerned! :)
"I'm growing with the
SeedGROW project. Thanks to
Reene's Garden for the seeds."
7 comments:
Hi Lisa, Firstly, kudos for planting the seeds much earlier than I did! :) Secondly, I've always loved yuor BBQ planter and the grill as animal netting is just divine! I'm sure the basil will love its container!
I love the grates to keep the chipmunks out!
I love the grate idea to keep the chipmunks out!
Monica-Wow, I thought I was late in my plantings! Your season is generally longer than mine though, so I'm sure yours will catch up.
Nick-Thank you! It's necessary when I direct sow, and I love to reuse items whenever I can :)
Your marigolds are doing so much better than mine! Actually all of yours seem to be ahead of mine, I'll have to tell them to catch up.
haha...I saw your grill cover and I knew why you had it there even before I read your text. Darn chipmunks! This spring has had some crazy weather hasn't it? We had a cool spring too. But that was good for me since I was so behind.
MBT-Gosh, I'm really surprised to hear that, especially with the extra cold spring I had!
GardenMom-I felt the same way about the cool spring, I was soo far behind this year! :)
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