Easy there, Mike... they have to sprout first.

And thank you for your offer of relief, but you know I'm quite excited about taking on this project, so kindly find your own dirt to play with (but if the stuff grows I'll throw a spice party or have an open house out back something - the possibilities are endless!).

Love your show,
JSP

have you considered climbing vines up the front side of the building?

morning glories for example.


p.s. thanks for reviving this thread.
i'm been wondering.

Don't get that dirt on my Mercedes!

I thought that the glory hole through the back wall was 'beautification' enough.

Dude, you should to start the seeds in small peat moss cups on a window sill. Let them get strong first, then put them in the ground. Seeds planted directly into the ground could get eaten by birds before they get a chance to sprout. Start more seeds then you will end up planting and choose the heartiest, least "leggy" of the sprouts.

A chicken wire fence will keep out bunnies if you sink it 1 ft underground and 4 ft above..

Also are you fertilizing? From the pictures your soil looks a little sandy. You need some compost or manure to do it up right. *former Berkley hippie*

Sorry no update last week. I was out of town.

That's a good call, Bramble. I am growing one of most everything in along the window sill as well. They're doing alright. Might have to transplant them later. The original goal was to start these as seeds (I'm sure it doesn't matter, but I thought buying pre-grown spices and transplanting them would be cheating). Transplanting the window plants may be a must-do option if I don't see much progress soon outside.

No fertilizer outside. Miracle-gro inside. Will most likely add miracle-gro tomorrow.

"leggy"? Does that mean more stem than anything else? [/novice]

Chicken fence is out because the west side of the garden is the neighbors' driveway.

What sucks right now is that I can't tell what are weeds and what are the actual plants (yes, I've looked at pictures, just not sure about some of these that look similar). I will persevere and have a green thumb before this is all over, just you wait!

r0ck1r0ck2, that sounds like a good idea, but I'm not sure that "management" would like me growing stuff up the walls. Plus I just want to concentrate on the garden (for now).

Pictures tomorrow.

spacebar wrote:Chicken fence is out because the west side of the garden is the neighbors' driveway.

you can get around the fencing by sprinkling chili powder on the dirt. keeps the sniffy rodents away. got to remember to reapply after rainfall.


this book was awesome in helping us make our city garden:


we went organic and had maybe 23 or so different vegetables. my god that was delicious. Have you tried baking the soil? that's when you make a layer of mushroom compost/manure/regular compost/ and repeat. cover it with a black tarp and let it cook for a few weeks under the sun. you'll get some awesome, rich black soil, to go with your not awesome, rich white neighbors.

I've done quite a bit of this stuff before, so if you need any advice, I'd be happy to help.



Also, Wasn't Iron Maiden awesome the other night?



Faiz

also like I said, that pepper plant is perennial and will keep producing peppers for years if you move it indoors in the winter. If you transplant it into a ten gallon bucket instead of the ground you could easily move it.

Sorry JSP OMT:re: direct lightYou may be getting direct light from those windows because they face east. The glass bricks aren't going to filter the light much. Although, That condo next door is really close. It probably blocks the morning light. By the time the sun gets over the condoits probably over head and can't come directly through the window. Direct light comes from the east and west, and a bit from the south at our latitude. The safest bet for indirect light is a north facing window.

Thanks, Dominique... I like the bucket idea.This week - (ABOVE) - Radishes all grew and 1 watermelon. (ABOVE) - Nothing at all in Jiffy Greenhouse #2. Maybe next week.(ABOVE) Awesome. The peas grow really fast it seems. That's all for this week.PS - the pictures never line up right. I need a new phone