You may recall my
garden last year was planted with a bunch of ancient mystery seeds from Dad’s
seed box. In the end, all that came up from all those mystery seeds was 2
pumpkin plants that yielded 2 tennis ball sized pumpkins.
I honestly thought
I had planted ALL of the old seeds last year, but this spring, I discovered
even MORE old seeds in the house! Mainly “flower seeds” (the very unspecific
label on them) so I planted all of those in my flowerbeds, and we’ll see what
comes up this year, if any.
Something new this
year, as I was given a seed starting kit, was to start some seeds. I’ve never
done that before because my parents never did it. The onion, parsley and
watermelon seeds of an unknown age didn’t sprout at all. Thankfully, the seeds
I bought last year did. I also received some seed potatoes from a neighbour,
and I have been busy planting them. By the time you read this, my garden should
hopefully (fingers crossed) be all planted. It’s only half done at time of
writing.
Another new venture
I am trying is a mini indoor garden. Fingers crossed it grows!
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