2012 window garden

[ovendoctor]

been starting herbs in rock wool cubes
just sprinkle the seed on the rock wool,wet it and place it in front of a heat register,,3-7 days later we have sprouts
right now we have tarragon,oregano, Basel, cilantro,dill,thyme
50 tomatoes 2'' tall
98 pepper seed's
98 tomato seeds
also been ordering from baker creek seed co.
and am very happy with the seeds received
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - 1400 heirloom garden seeds!

yup a busy year ahead

Doc.

[fintuckyfarms]

Missed work today due the worst migrane ever.... but when I woke up from my Rx coma I found new babbies!!!! I purchased some 2" pots from the new store to start my window garden (just a small bubbler in a window planter) and all I need now is some stryofoam. I also started some more spinach seeds in a paper towel inside a siplock baggie, cant wait to see if it works cuz that is what I really want is some fresh spinach. So do people start spinach clones? I mean since they are so hard to start from seed.

[ovendoctor]

here's some tarragon that was planted in quart 1/2&1/2 bottles
using rockwool cubes



and some fresh cut Basel



Doc.

[fintuckyfarms]

Wow, looks good. Can't wait to get the the harvest'n.

[fintuckyfarms]

So I think my herbs are big enough to go to their next home. I have the system built except a small hole for the air tube. So if the weather is too nasty to work on the strawberry towers I'm gonna transfer the herbs into their new bubbler system. I'm at work now, but will post picts later. Basically I just picked up a plastic window planter from Fred Meyers (hubby gets a discount there). There were indents where you could pop some holes in the bottom if you were planting soil, but I left them intact and made sure they did not leak. I cut a piece of foam with the shinny stuff on one side to fit and cut about 16 2" holes to fit my net pots. (drilled my finger just a tiny bit ) I'm gonna fill them with some perlite and add my plants. LIke I said, I still need to drill a small hole on the side for the air tube, but I think I can get the whole thing done in about 15 minutes. I will have to rotate the whole thing every few days or the plants will deffinately list to the window side. Next I'm gonna build a mini tower for some spinach and hang it from a shower curtin rod that will fit snugly into the window frame. It will be a recirculating drip system. I have room for maybe 6. I want to try the pipe instead of the water bottle design I have seen on the web.