Yesterday my seeds from Park Seed in SC arrived as well as the garlic I ordered from www.thegarlicstore.com. I planted a few containers each of carrots, onions, broccoli, and garlic.
I put the carrots in my two largest containers and did my best to spread out the seeds, but as tiny as they are it was tough. Keeping them moist might turn out to be a full-time activity since right now I'm watering (more like misting) them with a spray bottle.
I have three containers each of onions and broccoli and am planning on one piece of produce for each container. Finally, I did a window box with three cloves of garlic that I bought and then another container in which I stuck a clove from Trader Joe's just to see if it would sprout. I stuck some of the other cloves I purchased in the fridge as the tip on the instructions that came with them suggested, and I'll plant those in a couple weeks. There's still a little space in my reinvented garden cage, so perhaps I'll do another couple containers of broccoli then too or perhaps the lettuce. I'm considering waiting until Spring for the lettuce. Right now I think it would be too hot for the seeds to germinate.
And yes, you read that right, the garden cage has risen again from the tangled mess of bent screen I found when we got back from vacation due to a storm that hit while we were gone. I picked the three straightest screens of those remaining and turned them on their sides and attached them together to create a tunnel of sorts. Then I closed the ends with some chicken wire-type material. I didn't have enough to full enclose one end so there's a gap at the top. I haven't decided yet if I should worry about that. I also haven't staked the new structure down, which I'll need to do before the first wind comes along. When I do that though I'll lose all physical access to the plants since I don't have a door like I did with last season's taller garden cage. All issues to be worked out in the future...
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