This was where I started yesterday. Here are nine of the ten bags of potting soil that I am hoping will get me thru until spring planting of bedding plants for the summer garden. The tenth bag was already in the mixing tub where I wet the potting soil before planting. I spent the morning and part of the afternoon and part of the evening working in the greenhouse. That pile is half gone today. I transplanted nearly all of the remaining baby plants into tubs. Dug up the lavender and rosemary from the pots in the herb garden near the house to bring into the greenhouse and planted some seed trays to fill up the heat mat.
I finished moving the failed compost sterilization project out of the greenhouse and shuffled the tubs into that freed up space. The plants are coming along nicely. Soon there will be greens to eat and sell. Left to do on my list for today is to rearrange the hanging baskets and repair a couple of leaky gutter planters.
Then I will be heading to the big garden to dismantle the irrigation system, flush the water line and work on getting the garden ready for winter.
It's a lot of work, but rewarding.
ReplyDeleteI've got my garden replanted for winter. I'm planting fewer things than last winter.
xoxo Su
Hi Su, you are right, it is a lot of work and also right that it is rewarding. I will be hoping to see pictures and updates on your blog.
DeleteYikes! That is a lot of soil, but hands in the dirt is always a good feeling!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy it. Each year we use a lot of potting soil in the greenhouse. Usually I pick it up four or five bags at a time. I am guessing that this year we will go thru 25(?) bags for the winter season and a bunch more for the spring seedlings. Last year we used about 20 but we weren't doing the wedding herbs which accounts for the increase this year.
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