Hello folks, Mr. Distressed here.
A few weeks ago Ms. Distressed and myself decided that it was high time we bought some seeds, dirt and other general gardening supplies. This is what we came away with:
One interesting side note, we don't actually have a hose hook-up outside. The plan is to run the hose from our kitchen sink, out a window, across our porch to our garden, yikes! We still need to get the adapter to attach the hose to the sink though.
As of right now, we have seeds started for two tomato varieties, basil, oregano, dill, and some kind of squash sprout that was growing out of our compost pile. I also saved seeds from an awesome red bell pepper we bought from our Co-op and if I can find somewhere to plant it, I'll get that in the a planter soon.
Clearing weeds in the front yard flower bed was an adventure. Digging in the dirt I found nails, shards of ceramics, tree roots thick as baseball bats, buried coaxial cable... all kinds of goodies. Most importantly though, we found lots and lots of worms, which is a good sign of healthy soil.
We got a variety of flowers for the front yard as well.
We used an old hard cider 6-pack sleeve to house our planters, which makes transporting them easier.
This is an unrelated photo of our farmer's market bounty from earlier in the morning. *Spoiler Alert!* That 4lb pork shoulder on the left ends up on the grill in a few pictures. Yum!
After all day of digging in the dirt, we were forced to relax with snacks, wine, and smoked pork!
