Visits & Plans

Visits & Plans

By An Irish Southern Mama

Since I last wrote, I have visited a couple of garden centers and taken stock of what we already have to use for containers for the garden. My parents have four medium sized terra cotta pots I can use and I have access to a #2 washtub. I have several glass yogurt and baby food containers I can use for seedlings. I can’t find a good small compost bin anywhere (apparently it’s not a thing here in North Alabama unless you live on a farm and have a compost pile the size of a small car) but thanks to my mother-in-law, I got one for Christmas. 

I want to do this on as small of a budget as possible so I will be reusing and up cycling a lot. I plan to also visit the local botanical gardens in the next few weeks.

I have decided what I want to plant this season. We will be doing, in the washtub, a raspberry bush. In the four pots, we will be doing spinach, sweet peppers, a hydrangea plant, and hyacinths. I found a small planter so I will be trying to grow some herbs like basil, lemongrass and chamomile. I’m not sure if the pots will be big enough for the spinach or hydrangea but I think we can repot them later if necessary. The herbs, veg, and hyacinths I will do from seed but the raspberry and hydrangea I will purchase a plant. I may purchase plants for the veg too but we will see. 

The next task is to clean up the pots and do some in-depth research on these plants. What I mean is I need to know what needs full sun, what kind of drainage it needs, pruning, pests, when to start the seeds, etc. Happy new year!

ISM