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Germinating on the windowsill

This week we began the germination process by expanding our peat pellets and planting our seeds indoors. I used a germination tray that came with my gardening bed and planted cucumber, bell pepper, zinnia, and tomatoes. I had accidentally used up a few pellets last week by mistake however I decided to substitute one bell pepper spot with soil from my garden. I hope it is still able to grow into a healthy seedling so I can transfer it successfully into the garden with the rest of them. Many children learn the process of germination in elementary school for science class. In my experience I grew beans in Ziploc bags to show the growth of the seedling. I remember vaguely being excited by the progress of the bean sprout as it grew to a nice shoot. But other than that, I don’t believe I’ve tried germination on my own. I’m very excited to see the results as it would make growing them outside more successful than my other attempts at vegetable planting. I found a window on the sou...

Garden Building

I'm very excited to be in HOS 1014 Vegetable Gardening for this Summer. I had a great time last Summer in intro to gardening with Dave Clark so I am very much looking forward to the lessons and knowledge Dr. Nuñez will be imparting on us.   This semester I hope to continue learning about the fascinating reproductive cycle of plants and how they can germinate across different varieties of plants and how that can potentially affect the crop yield. We touched upon this in intro to gardening last year so I am excited to see it as a topic for the second week. I love plants, I am looking forward to audaciously planting, grow, and cultivate my own vegetables in a sustainable, economic way the most. I received my seeds in the mail only the other day and I was so excited to see all the different kinds of seeds we’ll be utilizing this semester.   This week we prepared to plant by getting our garden ready. I began by clearing out an area that I was going to use to build ...