$16.99 Grow bags (two, divided into 4 cells each)
22.35 Seeds (lettuce, basil, Alexandria strawberries, tatsoi)
20.72 composted manure
12.99 potting soil
6.50 onion & potato starts
6.75 assorted seeds: lettuce, radishes, swiss chard
20.72 composted manure (second set of 3 bags)
I overwintered two banana pepper plants, but expect to buy some bell pepper plants and tomato plants.
If I can find some seed potatoes locally, I have a large planter to put them in. Last year's experiment with left-over grocery store potatoes showed promise, but real seed potatoes and a larger pot would be better.
I recently cooked some butternut squash and saved the seeds. I haven't had luck with squash lately (critters plus drought), so I'm just going to toss them into a corner of the garden and see what happens with survival of the fittest.
I also got a flame thrower (okay, flame weeder), mostly for the saplings I'm trying to stop sprouting, but it's sort of for gardening too.
I planted tatsoi seeds four days ago, because we're having insanely warm weather for March. I'm a little concerned they'll sprout and then regret it when we have some below-30 degree nights this coming week. They're in a planter, too heavy to bring indoors, but I should be able to cover them. I've really missed having tatsoi the last couple of years when I failed to save seed. It should be ready for harvest before regular lettuces. The lettuce did so well on the deck last year that I'm expanding the planting area this year.
Addendum 4/7/21: found cheap seed potatoes and red onion sets, along with black-seeded simpson lettuce and some random radish and ruby swiss chard (not sure if I have any northern lights left). They may or may not be any good, but I figured it was worth the small cost/effort involved. Not included in the total above is a deck planter for the Greggs, which I plan to fill with lettuce and basil. Maybe an onion or two. I should probably put radishes in it too. But now I need more composted manure first.
