Last week when my mom and I went to NYC (hear all about that amazing day here), we were in the audience at the Nate Berkus Show. As a gift from the show’s sponsor, Valspar Paint, we received a $25 gift card to Lowes. Today, on the way home from work, that’s exactly where I headed.
I knew I wanted to start a vegetable garden in our yard. While I was at a baby shower Saturday, and Mother’s Day brunch on Sunday, my husband cleared an area for me to start it.
I have never grown anything except maybe a lima bean plant when I was in 2nd grade until a couple of months ago I started an herb garden (see that post here). Those have actually made progress by the way. See!
I only spent $0.30 out of my pocket!
As soon as I got home, I gathered my garden tools, um… yeah by garden tools I mean a table-spoon.
Waaay too excited for this.
I quickly made my way over to the garden area. It’s a bit small, so I only planted the cucumber seeds, until we extend it tomorrow.
I dug 2 long trenches that were about 1/2″ deep with my high-tech garden shovel -take that Martha!
I laid the strips of seeds down in the little trenches. Seed strips are something I’ve never heard of before. They are seeds perfectly spaced apart inside this giant paper strip that looks like the paper straws come in.
I covered the strip with about 1/2″ of soil with my manicured hand, lol! Who’s afraid to get dirty? Not this chick!!
Then I used a very fancy watering device to dampen the soil.
Later this week, I’ll be planting the rest of my seeds. Does anyone have any advice for this first timer that will make my veggies sprout to awesomeness?
i love these projects. It will be fun to see it grow!
Love the digging with a spoon!
HA, your face in the spoon, priceless =)
Lovin that fancy water container there girlfriend, can see you spent big money on that one.
Good luck with your garden
Leila
That is awesome to have had to only spend thirty cents of your own money!! I love a garden and I hope all of your seeds do wonderfully and that you have fresh vegetables all summer long!
Thanks Alicia! I spoke with a co worker that has a real green thumb, and I think I need to do some more work before I plant the rest!
Love the garden tool and the manicure! A true lady indeed 🙂
Nice blog – I will have to follow you and find out how the gardening goes 😉
Welcome to my crazy life Elin! LOL!
xo
Mindy
my grandmother used to have a garden, and she used leftover things from the house to put in it. As in, old coffee grounds, eggshells, and fruit rinds. I guess as these things decompose in the garden, it creates an all natural maneur of some sort. I’m not really sure but it worked for her, she had wonderful veggies!
Yes! I read about that yesterday!! Eggshells are supposed to be the same thing as lime fertilizer! I think I’m going to look into this more…
I love it Chica. I just got myself some gardening stuff at Target this weekend too. I think tonight’s project is going to be starting. I got myself some Basil, and I want to get some garlic chives and maybe some other food items.
I can’t wait to see your garden grow.
My basil sprouted, and it smells amazing! I can’t wait til it’s a bit bigger and I can cook with it! I bought the herb stuff at Target. I was so shocked when I saw green in my dirt pots, lol! I didn’t know what to expect from the $1 bin at Tar-Jay!
xo
Mindy
Watch out for snails is my advice.
hmmmm, never thought of that!
Ha! Love the high tech garden toolery you have going on there! I just made my first raised garden bed and will hopefully be adding actual plants to it this weekend. Good luck and happy gardening!!
Oh I’m so sxcited for you! I’m a newbie in gardening too, so I don’t have any special advise. I dump the seeds in, water them and wait….pretty much, haha!
That’s what I’m sayin!
Love it! Can’t wait to see them grow!!! Very cute!
Thanks Jen! Me too
xo
Mindy
I love your excited picture–too cute!
Very nice job on the savings, I’m impressed! Your herb pots are so adorable, I need those.
They’re really cute, but it was so hard to de-pot them.
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