Week Six- Starting from Scratch: the Absolute Beginner's Guide to Gardening

Week Six- Deck Garden Set Up (kind of)

So here's the thing. It rained for the last 4 days. I mean. POURING.This does not happen very often in Steamboat Springs. We enjoy 242 days on average of sunny days. To put that in perspective, Phoenix, AZ gets 211 sunny days on average and Seattle gets 164 days of sun. Yeah, we don't get 4 days in a row of clouds, let alone torrential rain.

I had all kinds of grand plans for setting up the Deck garden. This is actually what got accomplished:

Blue Buckets

Bell Peppers

Summer Squash

Sugar Snap Peas

Actually, I planted these last weekend. All I did this weekend was put them on the deck. Yeah. Rain makes me unmotivated. 

One thing to note at this point in the game, is that seedlings need to be transplanted. Mama Jo sent me this problem picture:

If your seedlings are this big and still in Dixie cups, transplant them. I have also noticed that Squash seedlings like their soil to be completely dry before watering. Over watering can also produce sick plants. Let me know if you have any problem plants. 

Let me know if you have any questions! I post every Tuesday!