Garden Fuss

2013 Tank Garden I have put off using this method for a few years because of the success I've had with winter sowing  my plants. Then around Christmas I started having conversations about the 2013 gardening season and what my plans were. The topic of onions came up and I quickly threw out the fact that I wasn't an authority on growing them successfully. In the past I have shared onion sets with my sister in-law and we just couldn't figure out why we only end up with tiny bulbs. However, after some research and further discussions with professionals [ie.. a Master Gardener and the U of Minnesota extension service] I found out that onions in a zone 4a can be grown from sets successfully and we should have pre-ordered because we were getting and planting them too late. Also, there may have been an issue of not providing enough high phosphorus fertilizer and something about side dressing with urea. So far this year the onions look great! I've started them indoors...

Last year I decided to try starting my vegetable and flower garden from seeds " before " our actual growing season. Because I am also into being green and reusing items, I was able to borrow/salvage a #20 gallon fish tank and use it to start all kinds of good eats.  Below are pictures of our aquarium nursery. So far this growing season we have Leeks which we started two weeks ago, and Celery which we started 5 days ago. Since March has finally arrived we will be adding imensely to our in-door veggie tank patch. Make sure to visit again soon to see a list of vegetables and flowers we are adding this year.