No veggies this summer... Or?

All of the plants I planted didn't survive. The garden kit I bought was too "efficient" for what I have of possibilities when it comes to replanting and giving them enough lights.
Mid May all the plants was outgrowing their small boxes and drying. So I made a rash decision and planted them all outside. Rash indeed. When the weather started to get warmer I had no plants at all, they were all dead. Except for my strawberries and oddly enough, some sort of "salad" I planted last year, either it was a returnee or leftover seeds from last year.

This plant failure made me pay less attention to the beds outside, and when I left for Denmark a remarkable growth of weeds were showing, and not very surprisingly they were still there when I got back, a month later.

I was very curious about what was growing, so I went through the beds very fast, only to find my self amazed. In the corner a treasure was blooming. Something I definitely had not expected and was pretty sure I didn't plant it right there.










In the far right corner a cluster of tomato plants are growing, and beginning to flower. So I decided to weed out the beds, who knows what other treasures it might be hiding?

The result looks kind of sad and empty, but strongly needed. And I found another treasure, I think. I found a spouse, of what I would think is a pepper plant. I looks like a pepper plant at least.











I dug it up and replanted it in the other end. I know it's really late for a pant that small to really produce anything, but I wanted to let it grow so I can see if it's really a pepper.

The tomato plants really needed the space and air it got, so now I am just waiting to see when the first tomato will show.






My "incident" with the free growing salad made me think of a new experiment I want to try for next summer. Well new and new, maybe just trying something different, and see how it goes.
When fall comes and all the plants are done, I want to fertilize the earth and then sow next years harvest. I might not work, in fact I am almost sure it wont, BUT if the salad could they why not the rest? Ans technically that is how Mother Nature usually goes around her business so, would say the odds are fairly good.

Planting the seeds

Last year I was a month or two behind, but not this time. This year I start early. Just hope spring will follow up =)

After a trip to Home Depot, I am ready to plant.

The coffee beans was a Christmas gift from one of my room mates, and I am really looking forward to see how that goes. It's a plant I need to do some more research about, but so far I know it's a plant I will have to bring in and out during night time in the late summer.

I've never tried a mushroom farm before either, but I love mushrooms, so why not, it was an easy 1,2,3 instruction so should be able to figure it out.

The greenhouse box I bought because I thought it was fancy, it's made out of re-usable materials and then it's self watering. It's okay to be lazy once in a while, and now I know my plants wont suffer if I happen to forget them. Also the box says it can be reused, so that was a huge bonus.
Most the time when I've been planting I use what I got. Meaning I will start my seeds in egg boxes and then plant them into plastic cups or empty milk bottles, and from there out side. And that works fine, no problem there, but this time I just wanted to try something different.




The first thing I did, was to take all the seeds that needs soaking for 24 hours. That means the coffee beans,
peas and green beans. Some may say the peas and beans doesn't need soaking, but every time I don't do it, nothing grows. So they get to soak!

So tomorrow they will be planted.






Then I opened the greenhouse and followed the instructions given there. It's really easy and easily understood when read. However the pellets in my box needed some encouragement to expand, that was the only issue I had with the greenhouse.

I planted broccoli, carrots ,cucumbers, green beans, 2 different lettuce, peas, peppers, and tomatoes.

For the moment my greenhouse is on the ground, but I will find a box to raise it a bit. That way I reduce

some of the cold air coming from the staircase.

Last planting of the day was the herbs. Again I bought a starter kit, but then I got the pots next time I need to plant new herbs. These had pellets too, and they just expanded perfectly.
Know this sounds stupid, but my mind was blown watching the water absorbed and poof dirt! Awesome...

I made a small trench, no deeper than from my fingertip to the first joint, and then I sprinkled the seeds in there. I don't count as I want my herbs to grow close and turn out to be more bushy.

As you can see there are plenty with seeds. Again some may say it's wrong, but it's been working just perfectly for me. So I keep doing it like that.

The end result with my herbs. However I wish the pack had more pots as the kit had six different herbs. I
don't know how well they would grow if I mixed the herbs. So I stuck with the ones we use the most.

After a job well done, I make a shoe box into my seed holder. I like to have some order, ans for now I don't have a whole lot to keep order in.