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Welllll, while most of you guys had problems due to cold weather or wind or family obligations, I was very busy. When one doesn’t know much about gardening, one has to get educated and I’m on that path.

I got bags of potting soil mix, had two that size already and had two bigger ones already. I planted seeds in these suckers and put them in the garden in blank spots. One was baby carrots and my mentor, Johnny, says I likely can’t eat them as they will bolt. Sooo, I look up “bolt”. Now that I know what it is, I’ll tell them not to do that.

I planted in those bags: Little Finger Carrots, Alpine Strawberries, Hot Jalapeno Pepper Medium Hot, Armenian Pale Green Cucumber, Gourmet Italian Onion, and a type of small Acorn Squash.

Then, I considered my situation. Not much real dirt space and I’ve managed to get some plants in there but I’ve got a lower back problem and hate digging in dirt. Better to use those bags and let the plants grow in the bags sitting in the dirt garden part (call the bags instant “raised beds”).

Have lots of wood raised deck space. Conclusion was that large wood deck space has to grow food. Looked for ways to do that and settled on “Tomato Trellis Garden on Wheels”. I ordered two of them yesterday. Each one will hold two regular size tomato plants by the time they grow to full size. That also gives me the support for the tomatoes as they grow, as the trellis part is in sections and as the plant needs another section, just stick it in the top of the ones already there. The trellis goes to four feet high. You can look at this thing here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004NBZDNG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I’ve already bought the potting mix for the two of them. If these are good, I’ll get two more next spring. That wood deck is going to grow food. I also got a little gizmo to help me plant small seed. Some are so tiny, I manage to get a glop of them in one little space. Have to fix that and think this gizmo will do it. Also got some seed starting mix and I didn’t know that existed.

The veggies I’ve already planted are doing well except for the lettuce – it’s just not growing right - hard to tell any is growing now. I think maybe the dirt in those two planters on the ground doesn’t have what’s needed in it. I’ll take that out next spring and put potting soil mix in there.

I’ll keep reading and learning until I know what I’m doing.