The thought of finally starting my seeds was intoxicating. The more I thought about it, the more excited I got, and the faster reason went out the window. I started all of my seeds at the same time.....the tomatoes with a 6-8 day germination time, the cucumbers with a 4-6 day germination time, and lettuce, needing only 2-3 days to germinate.
I used a 72-cell tray and had grow lights overhead. I suppose it was fortunate that not all of
the seeds germinated. My Rutgers and 
Please note I'm not complaining since I didn't have the beds
ready for them to go into anyway. My
front yard gets lots of sun needed for a veggie garden so that's where I'm
putting them. I have a beautiful Mexican
Olive tree in a small bed on one side of the yard and decided to extend that
bed all the way across the yard to the driveway.
I used my weed-eater to outline the beds, then went over the
entire area with it cutting the grass down to the nubs.
Next, I laid down kraft paper to block the grass and prevent
it from growing back, then set the edging stones around it.
I bought the edging stones from a Craigslist ad and got the
flagstone from a friend who had them leftover from a project he did. The beds are 9'x7' and 9'x9' interior
dimensions. I have wooden stakes that I'll
paint to match the house; they'll support the chicken wire fence I'll need to
put up to keep my kitties out.
Next post hopefully will have seedlings in the bed.
Till then, never give up, never surrender, and may all your
dreams come true.
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