It’s been a whirlwind past few weeks as we get into the final days of my wife’s pregnancy. I can’t believe how quickly times has flown by and how much I’ve had to get done. Admidst all that, I’m ramping up for the Summer garden season and am getting ready to get our vegetable patch going.
I probably should have started my seedlings a lot sooner but since this is my first season here in the Midwest, I’m a little behind the curve. We’ve been saving our used cardboard egg cartons and just turned those into a seedling factory a couple of weeks ago. They work great and don’t drain water all over the place and they save space too. Eventually, you’re supposed to be able to just clip the individual egg cups apart and plant the whole thing just like a peat pot.
Another egg carton seedling tray with lemon cucumbers and yellow squash reaching for the sky.
I had a few loose seed packets left over from previous years so I started some lemon cucumbers, zuchinni, yellow squash, Trip-L Crop Climbing Tomato, Benchmark Tomato, Jumbo Tomato and some bush beans. So far, the sprout factory is off to the races with with many of the squash plants winning. Some are even ready to be potted up because they’re getting a bit leggy now.
My next task is to get the future garden plot prepared for planting. We’ve been inundated with rain for the past three weeks or so and it seem like we’re finaly going to get a short dry spell. That will hopefully allow me the chance to actually get out and get some soil turned over and ready to go. The composter is set up and already on a roll. We just cleaned out the rabbit hutches and that provided a lot of great compost material, along with our usual kitchen scraps and trimmings from the bushes and flowers around the house.
So, how does your garden grow this time of year? Are you a Midwestern gardener with some time tested tips? Let me know what you’re growing and what you can always rely on for a bumper crop harvest!
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