GREEN THUMB : DAY 1

GREEN THUMB

We have decided to start a garden up at our mountain rental house this year.

We picked up one of those Jiffy Professional Greenhouses from 

Walmart (grows 72 plants).

We ordered about a dozen and a half different kinds of organic seeds from online, when they arrived we stored them in the freezer.

DAY 1 - SOW BEFORE YOU REEP 

Today we prepared the greenhouse by adding warm water to all of the pellets and let them soak and expand.

I fluffed up the soil with a fork, we added seeds to each pellet keeping track on a piece of paper what was being planted where, covered the seeds, and placed the dome on the greenhouse.

How we kept track of what we were planting and where.

Some of the seeds require 7-14 days for germination, while others require 14-28 days.

I will take photos once a week until we start seeing some sprouting, then I will take photos more often of our progress.

We will keep it warm and in a place with indirect sunlight in the meantime...

We are keeping the dome on the greenhouse 24/7 unless watering or taking photos (the condensation buildup on the dome does not provide a clear view).


We are looking into how to construct a garden or portable greenhouse to fit our needs up here on the mountain. So I will have photos and drawings of ideas soon-ish.
We do live at about 10,000 ft. therefore this is high-altitude gardening!
We can only hope that we have high-country green thumbs!
Feel free to comment with your high-country gardening tips!!!