The deer had become such a problem in the last 2 years that they have been very prone to chewing up just about everything that gets planted in the garden. Given that I don't want valuable business investments to go the way of deer fodder, I have taken to planting a container garden again this year. Much of it is now generally sprouting on the deck of my house, the rest I am putting up on plant stands and covering in plastic to keep out the beasties. At least I am gardening again. And have planted much of the garden I am going to have already.
In other news, the Farmer's Market of Kootenai County has been going strong now since before Mother's day. On the first day of the market, (red face here) I had one flat of plants that got dug out of the yard and our flower bed. That's because the seeds I had finally gotten to plant in the garage had barely come up and weren't yet ready to sell. My legitimate whine was, that February then March was too cold to try to plant anything. Then April came and with it wild swings in weather. So it wasn't before May that I could finally get something in the flats and put it under lights. Mostly, I was planting peppers, tomatoes and eggplants for sale as produce plants later in the year. When I got the plants I wanted for my container garden, then and only then would I try selling the excess. But herbs and flowers would be potted for sale and those are now coming along beautifully.
Got an exotic herb out of one of my seed catalogs this year, it is called Ajwain. I believe I got it from Ecoseed and Ajwain is described as an herb where you can use its leaf in sandwiches and its seed in Curry. So, Ajwain from E. India is the new spice herb. It goes over well, I'll get it again.
In other news, the Farmer's Market of Kootenai County has been going strong now since before Mother's day. On the first day of the market, (red face here) I had one flat of plants that got dug out of the yard and our flower bed. That's because the seeds I had finally gotten to plant in the garage had barely come up and weren't yet ready to sell. My legitimate whine was, that February then March was too cold to try to plant anything. Then April came and with it wild swings in weather. So it wasn't before May that I could finally get something in the flats and put it under lights. Mostly, I was planting peppers, tomatoes and eggplants for sale as produce plants later in the year. When I got the plants I wanted for my container garden, then and only then would I try selling the excess. But herbs and flowers would be potted for sale and those are now coming along beautifully.
Got an exotic herb out of one of my seed catalogs this year, it is called Ajwain. I believe I got it from Ecoseed and Ajwain is described as an herb where you can use its leaf in sandwiches and its seed in Curry. So, Ajwain from E. India is the new spice herb. It goes over well, I'll get it again.
