There has been much defeat in my efforts to grow and live off of my backyard, but there have also been some successes, and what I learned is truly priceless.
I can do some things now in the garden that I never knew how to do before. Planting from seed is one of the things that I consider to be a great accomplishment. I had no confidence in doing this last season, so I bought most of the plants in the beginning.
After growing some tomatoes from seed I had some faith that I was able to do it so this spring, I will be growing organic plants from seed and saving myself a bundle. So far I have planted different kinds of squash, tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, peppers, basil, cilantro and lettuce. The Grow Camps are still growing broccoli and cauliflower, so I never stopped growing in dirt since I started last year.
This romaine lettuce was started indoors in an organic compost based seed starting soil. After trying many types of soil last season, I have a favorite. The seed starting soil from Gardeners Supply is my most favorite, even over Johnny's.
Once the lettuce outgrew the soil block, I rinsed off the dirt with a strong spray from the hose and transplanted them into the aquaponics garden. They are doing FANTASTIC! Aquaponics is made for growing greens (and fish, of course) so I would like to concentrate on growing lettuce, basil and chard in the rocks, this spring season.
This swiss chard started out strong but when the sunny days got shorter, the growth just about stopped. I recently moved it to a sunnier spot in the greenhouse and it looked like it was dead for two days. Then, suddenly, it came back to life and now it is thriving.
I planted enough basil to detox the entire neighborhood; I thought it would be a good idea to sprout it in the greenhouse, so I could use the water from the fish tank. It took a while, but I finally have some basil sprouts. Why I love basil: It's easy to grow and awesome to detox heavy metals from the body.
This is Coco, one of four new chickens I raised from a pullet to an egg layer. I found one of the first newly laid eggs yesterday; it is a nice shade of blue, with a hint of green and white speckles all around. Absolutely gorgeous… and loaded with nutrition too.
I can't wait for spring!
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