Thursday, 21 February 2008
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First Gardening Magazine
Well, we got our first gardening magazine of the year today. DD8 took it upstairs to her room and wrote down all the things she wanted to order and plant. We discovered that we live in zone 5 and that our growing season only runs about 100 days give or take, She actually made a great list. Told me that she tried to stay away from hybrids but wanted to get some blueberry bushes, a peach tree and some raspberries. I thought this was a great idea but we don't own this house. But after looking at the mag we discovered that the blueberries did well in containers, so I thought that that might just work. She has a very optimistic list, but then she also has a green thumb. Mine is definitely brown around the edges. Since our growing season isn't until May, we have a few days to decide. But, I think we will look into starting them in April so they are a decent size to plant in May. I think we might also use this as a homeschool project. She is currently studying the parts of a flower/plant so this will fit right in. We are still planning to head to the local nursery to see what kind of seeds they have. I know this sounds awful but I don't want to invest that much money into this, I want to use what we have. I don't want my squash to have cost me $10 a piece. Esp, because what ever we put in will stay whenever we move. I just want to use the existing flower beds plus there is a spot that looked like it had a small garden at one time. Just try it and see how it goes, no fuss, no muss... Now, if the snow would go away.... Maybe in another month or two, we even got a few more inches today.
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