If you read my other blog, One Hundred Dollars a Month, then you know I snuck out of town last week to spend some time on the east coast with my daughter.
It was her spring break and we had a BLAST stuffing our faces with pastries, visiting coffee shops, going to the ocean, checking out new museums and of course, visiting friends.
One of the peeps we stopped by to see was my friend Heather in Massachusetts. She lives outside of Boston {awesome city!} on just about an acre of land.
She has chickens!!!
And an amazing backyard garden.
I LOVE Heather’s raised bed garden layout and I think it’s fun to look at even in the winter months when nothing is growing above ground.
She started a bunch of seeds in recycled milk jugs this year. Unfortunately she won’t know what’s growing in them though until the leaf patterns are established because the ink on the labels washed away. 😉 Oops.
The weather in Boston has been unusually mild this year… hardly any snow compared to years past. So hopefully, with a little luck, Heather will be able to set out the tomato plants she has growing in her basement a little early this year.
Have a great day everyone, I’ll get back to my regular posting schedule now that I’m back home.
~Mavis
Felicia says
Any chance Heather took a picture when she first set out her winter sowing jugs? If so, maybe she can read labels? Ive had same thing happen and now take a picture for this reason!
Amy S says
A Sharpie is not very permanent on plastic! I numbered my jugs, wrote down a description of each in my gardening notebook, and placed each jug in numerical order in the garden. Unless my kids play tricks on me by moving the jugs around, I will know what is what. For added insurance, I put popsicle sticks in each jug with the number and a short version of the plant’s variety name. Sharpies are a bit more indelible on wood, so I think I should be good.
Susan in Dallas says
HI Amy and/or Mavis, I have a question?
I used those cute little wooden Popsicle sticks and found they were a conduit for mold. What did I do wrong? Perhaps too much water.
Suzanne says
I’ve always been frustrated with labeling seeds. Nothing seems to stay. But, this year I got the idea to use a paint pen from the craft store and I can still read all my labels.