So this week's experiment could turn out to be a complete and utter disaster. I am attempting to turn this little lot...
...in to a huge bounty of food. Well, maybe a huge bounty is over-ambitious, but certainly enough to feed my three guinea pigs, with some lettuce left-over for the odd salad for us humans!
Step one is completed and the seeds have been planted, (those that can be started off indoors anyway). Which made for a very enjoyable hour's activity this morning!
On the thrift scale, the eagle-eyed amongst you will notice that I have reused those troublesome Pot Noodle pots (No.1 Son's latest food-fad), along with a variety of other tubs and even the odd loo roll tube. The wooden trays are left over from my soap making days and the actual plant pots were 'growing' in the shed, (they do that you know).
My outgoings were £32.00 on two sacks of potting compost and the seeds themselves, which is about the same as a few days grocery money. So, the pressure is on to make sure everything doesn't die! Meaning that I have actually read the seed packet instructions for once!
Keep your fingers crossed for some seedlings to appear soon!
These look great. I try to grow things, it always ends badly with things dying. When I settle somewhere though, I really would like to have a go at growing things. Have a look around for free seed offers. My friend got some free sample vegetable seeds to plant last year.
ReplyDeleteYour free seed though has reminded me about some wildflower seeds I got free which were stashed at the back of a cupboard (it is amazing what you can find there!)They are now looked out and ready to plant.
DeleteGood luck! Last year we had a really good harvest of herbs and tomatoes from our windowsill garden so I think you should be able to grow quite a bit with this! I like the repurposing too!
ReplyDeleteThat is encouraging to hear, thanks Crafty Green Poet! Tomatoes on a windowsill garden sounds pretty impressive to me :o) Definitely one to try for next time.
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