I finally got the Aerogarden back out to use again. We moved and it had been packed away for a few months. I planted it with an herb kit last week and they are all sprouting except 2 which take a little longer. For Christmas I got a second Aerogarden so I'm about to plant it using a Garden Starter Tray made for the Aerogarden, shown here:
I will be able to start up to 70 seedlings at once to transplant into my garden this spring. I chose the following seeds to start:
Winter Savory, Creeping Thyme, Bee Balm, Wild Bergamot, Salad Burnet, White Horehound, Beetberry, Chinese Wolfberry (Goji), Lovage and Pot Marigold. I'm starting these a little early and plan to keep them growing using a grow light in the basement. I hope it works!
I tried to get all heirloom or organic seeds. I couldn't for a few of these. I chose these plants specifically because they are edible or medicinal. I will do another planting with pretty flowers later, maybe in the Jiffy Greenhouse. They work well for starting seed. You should be able to pick one of these up at Lowes, Home Depot and maybe your local garden center. You can purchase refills so this greenhouse can be used over and over.
At a local department store I picked up some everbearing strawberry runners. This $3 bag should keep me and my family in strawberries all summer and hopefully I will have some extras to sell. Some strawberries produce only during 1 month in the summer, these are supposed to produce all summer. We'll see.
I also picked up a Bowl of Beauty Peony root. I love this type of Peony and have wanted one for myself for at least a year.
This plant is not edible or medicinal that I know of and it will be years before I see the first flowers, but it will be beautiful for sure!
Lastly, there was a brightly colored bluebird making a bunch of noise outside day before yesterday. I tried to get a picture but that crazy bird was flying all over the place. Back and forth he flew yelling at his refIection in the truck mirror. This was the best shot I could get of this pretty but very distraught bird:
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