Today, I installed 3 planters, set out 10 more food safe white 5 gallon buckets and planted cold weather loving lettuce (crisp mint) and spinach in the hanging balcony planters.
I thought I was going to have to drill to install the planters, but I do not!!! Let me just say, Menards came through, once again. $13 for DEEP 30" no-drill planters? Heaven.
For the balcony railing containers, I used a layering technique because they are pretty deep.
From bottom to top
1) Laid down biodegradable egg cartons, maybe they'll even add some extra nutrients, who knows
2) put in a bunch of leaves from the porch
3) Put in potting soil from last year amended with egg shells from said egg cartons.
4) Topped it off with seed starting mix
5) planted some seeds
6) watered
7) Put plastic wrap over the seeds to help them sprout tucking the sides into the dirt and container
I've never used so much plastic wrap in my life as I have in the last month!!!
And of course the baby peppers and tomatoes were jealous that I got to go outside, so I let them come out too for a few hours. I was shocked that my outdoor greenhouse thermometer read 90 degrees, so I opened their door too and let the brassicas breath some fresh spring air!
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