Strawberry Jar
The last 6 months seem to have drug on forever because the winter weather was nasty this year. Lots of dreary rainy days. Cold. Even some snow. It seemed like I didn’t have enough energy to get outside and do anything so I spent a lot of time sitting.
The sun has come out finally and everything is starting to green up. It’s time to start gardening.
Lettuce Planter
I’ve been working on container gardens here at the house over the course of the last week. The first project was a strawberry jar. I’ve heard of these before, but I never considered until watching Sean Conway put one together on Cultivating Life. I always thought they’d be harder than they’ve proven to be. I got all my supplies at Houston Garden Center because right now they are running a great deal on Strawberries (99 cents) and a two gallon strawberry jar. I spent just under $40 total on this project.
I’ve also picked up some planter boxes for growing veggies. I’ve got one sitting outside with various types of lettuce in it. I’m going to add others that have beans, peas, carrots etc. I’ve also planted two pots with a jalepeno and tomato plants in them.
Onion Patch after cleaning. There's a lot of work to do in my little garden.
I spent three hours yesterday afternoon working on the garden over at Mrs. B’s. I weeded the cabbage patch, the onion patch and dug half of the carrot patch. I also planted some purple cabbage in place of the broccoli and cauliflower I pulled because they just weren’t doing well. Although after doing some reading this morning, I’m beginning to think the soil where I planted them is too alkaline.
And because today is going to another bright, beautiful and sunny Texas day, I’m going to take advantage of it and do more work in the garden.
Tags: broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Gardening, onions, Tomatoes
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