My start of the gardening
For the past years, I have wanted to start a garden and I finally did this year with the push of others also. Before I got into it I was seeing so many different videos and pictures of what was going on with the earth and our foods being genetically processed with different chemical activates. It made me want to start my own and prior to starting my own, my grandfather had started a garden in our back yard and also his own. Growing corn, okra, lettuce, tomatoes, watermelon, and so much more. It was so beautiful to see the fruits and vegetables come alive with the works of his hands and sweat. Very sad to say I didn't really go out and help much. Sometimes me and my mom if we could remember we would water it. Half of the time I didn't even know that he was out there till I would open my bedroom blinds for light. I was also more of not wanting to be in the way but it would have been a great way to bond with him even more. But there were great moments of him walking us around showing what he had grown and picking them to eat and taste.
Seeds and Seeding
So luckily from that point, I was able to have a lot of my seeds from leftover send bags my grandfather had from previously starting his gardening journey. But I have yet to use any of those sends to start at this part of my journey. They will be used in the future of course. I happened to start out with fresh and raw sends from the fruits and vegetables out of my kitchen. Those monthly groceries that you purchased have an extended purpose. The seeds from the peppers, tomatoes, papayas, other fruits, and vegetables from when you cut them up. You can either put them in the soil right then and there or let them sit and dry to store them for later. Or when you sometimes forget or just don't get to the other foods like potatoes, ginger, and sweet potatoes that seem to regrow a green sprout out you can either hydro grow them or stick them and soil. And with the fruits that I don't get to and they ended up rotten I just mash them to get the seed and throw the rest in the compost.
How I started my home mini garden
In 2019 I and my mother started our first compost not knowing when I would actually start a garden. Because I always want to get things right the first time but everything is trial and error to guide you in the right direction. First using storage bins to start with using scraps of fruits, vegetables along with their skins, worms from prier fishing, grass, sticks, and leaves, we began the process. And at the beginning of this year transferred it to a big trash can that was an extra. But going back to the bins due to it being easier to stir for oxygen. For my pots, I end up buying microfiber pots Which I really love so if it is overwatered it can easily escape. Then also using saved jugs and containers putting holes in the bottom for drainage. Since I already had my compost soil made already. We went and bought more soil to mix with adding eggs shell for more nutrients and playgrounds sand for better drainage. And this is how it all began.
STARTING FROM MAY 2021 TILL NOW NOV 2021
(1 tier: tomatoes, dandelion, ginger, sunflower) |
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sitting in water for spouting first then stick them in dirt |
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