A Vacation From Weather and Politics! The Veggie Project is Now A Reality!

YES! Today was the day!
We started our project, but with only the beginning of our vegetable count.

So far today we bought three tomato plants, 2 Roma's and one would you believe actually called Heat wave? All call for full sun, which is perfect in our southern exposure location. Roma is my favorite because it is used in Italian cooking for sauces as well as salads so it is versatile. Heat wave is new to us, but our winters are very dry, and hopefully this type will continue to produce through then.

Our starter plants also included seeds of peas a dwarf variety called Little Marvel only climbing to 18” (we already have a few pieces of plastic lattice left from our Gazebo that was destroyed by Hurricane Charley they will serve as a trellis), carrots Nantes coreless and Mesclun gourmet greens, speak for themselves.

A Khaki colored lightweight plastic urn has been planted with basil and mint plants, and seeded with dill and parsley. After a hole was drilled into the bottom, and also shards of old clay pots were put in the bottom for drainage. The soil used was a mixture of moisture control potting soil with Miracle Gro, as well as a Jungle mix, and top soil.
Our edging blocks are connected upright log shaped in a tan colored earth tone, 16" in length.
They were leveled and installed after the sod had been removed and placed into our composter. And the whole form for planting will be filled with a combination of the above soils as well as peat, and then the planting will begin.
We purchased a zinc Y connector, $2 more than the plastic but will last longer, it is for the spicket to attach to our only 10 foot long soaker hose. And that is where the project has gotten to as of now.

Expenses to date: $111.00 would you believe?
And that is why I said to my husband to wait on the rest.
Even though that is not anywhere close to our previous projected amount that is an expense for us that we must always think about on our now very fixed income, which we are still adapting to since it is only going on two years since my husband’s retirement.
We must be frugal when additional monies will not be coming in until the beginning of the next month; pension and SSI; not unlike many Americans.

But all in all I do think we have a great start to this project, and it will not be overwhelming to maintain.

Good night to all and to all good eats!