It seems appropriate that my first post should be on my garden that won’t grow. After all, the whole concept of this blog is be honest and truthful. And well, sometimes the garden just doesn’t grow.
This isn’t my first go-round, so I know I do have the capabilities to grow things. Although, it has been close to 15 years since I last tried. But, my attitude is the same now as it was then—how hard can it be? I mean, last time I just put some seeds in the ground, covered them with dirt, watered them, and be hold! everything grew! Granted, I’m no farmer, and I do consider myself quit the newbie, but growing a garden seem pretty straightforward.
Or, so I thought.
Here’s my setup:
As you can see, it’s a pretty good size. I have 4.5 rows, followed the directions on the seed packets somewhat closely, and after 3 weeks? Nothing. It gets ample sunlight during the day and we have a compost for nutrient-rich soil.
So, what’s to be done?
Well, I’m not sure yet.
I planted a few more things last night, and L, my stepson, also planted his garden. So, we’ll have to wait as see if these sprout. My guess as to what went wrong is that out of caution I didn’t water it enough. We had quite a bit of rain (or so I thought) from when I planted until now, and I was concerned I would be overwatering. I also thought ants might be the problem, but upon further research that doesn’t seem to be the case either as I read they can actually be quite helpful. I suppose it could also be bunk seeds, but I planted a fair amount of different things, and for all the seeds to be bad seems pretty unlikely. The previous owners had a garden, so I know it can be done, in fact on the other side of the yard, onions they planted before they moved are growing.
At this point, it’s really just a game of wait and see. I’m going to start watering more, and hope that it solves the problem. I’m trying to stay optimistic as I’ve been dreaming about being able to have our own garden since we moved in.
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