Sunday, April 24, 2011
Lesson #1 Get An Almanac!
Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter (Resurrection) Sunday. I had a nice one. I went to visit my dad and after dinner he and my sister, Jackie and I were sitting around chatting and the conversation turned to gardening. He was telling us about some of the new plants he recently planted. I was happy to let him know that I finally started my own garden. Well, I guess I should have had this conversation with him before I started planting. I forgot that daddy does not plant anything without first looking at his almanac to see when the best days are for planting. He told us this is the reason he plants seeds instead of buying plants from the nursery. He was saying that the nurseries main objective is to sell plants. They are not necessarily concerned as to whether or not the produce. So, they plant as many and as often as they can to produce units to sell. I bought my plants at Lowe's last week so hopefully they will produce some nice vegetables. We will see. Also, it is very important to know the needs of the specific plants you are growing. For example, my tomato plant needs lots of sunshine - well, my garden is in an area shaded part of the day by my patio and grapefruit tree. In a few weeks I'll post again to let you guys know how my little plants are doing. Well, hopefully by then they won't still be so little :)
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