My First Cuke

I started growing my own organic garden from seeds, soil, and organic nutrients in the beginning of the summer. Watering day after day, wishing, hoping, and believing, these seeds would turn into a fruit-and it happened. A cucumber was born! It made it's appearance on my cutting board...only to be eaten within 5 minutes. No sauce, no dip, just cucumber and mouth. This thing was yummy, crisp, and best of all: hand grown organic. I live in an apartment and was able to make my own fruit. Now it's your turn to try the same! Grab a pot, some soil, and some organic nutrients. Place those seeds in and water daily. Watch your own fruit come alive. For more details check out my other posts about organic gardening by clicking on the labels below.

Organic Balcony Garden Diary- Transplants

Roots mean Go Time!

Drainage is Vital

Fertilizer to Reduce Shock

Food

Summer Squash

Bigger Pot Please!

Make a hole 

Peel off the pod

Place in the baby

Bury and Water

4 Per Pot 

Ready To Grow

The pictures show the process that I endured without all the grime and dirty hands. And let me tell you, be ready to wash up after gardening. This is one dirty job (pun intended). I went to a local nursery, which was totally fun and cool, and got organic food and soil. I picked up a 12'' pot from Lowe's and was ready to transplant the babies. I realized I had way more than 4 to transplant and will be working on buying more pots to do exactly that. I hope you had fun looking at the photos and learned something!

Lessons Learned From Transplanting
   Buy extra pots. Bring lots of water. Be gentle with the roots. Buy pots with holes already punched out.