I answered a local ad today. A woman is thining out her garden--she is selling strawberry plants 25 for $4. I told her I would take 50 and I pick them up tomorrow. I mentioned this to a friend, who works for a nursery, and they are getting ready to compost some things that are not selling well. As and employee perk, he can have any of those for free. He got some more plants and will get them to me tomorrow at church. He said most are plant trays that are supposed to have 6 plants in them, but some died, so instead of 6 peppers, there are 3 or 4. He said he has some peppers, tomatoes, more strawberries (about 12 plants), and some seed that the packaging got damaged on. I get it all for free, from him. So, just the $8 I will be paying for the strawberrys. That should give my garden a boost. I noticed while turning the compost pile, I have several potatoes going, so I wont turn it again till they are ready to dig. I will start dumping my clippings back in pile #2, as it is empty from being moved to the garden anyway. My onions and garlic are coming up. Actually the garlic comes up on its own every year. All that should help on the grocery bill this summer.
garden
May 1st, 2005 at 04:02 am