Jim and I started a vegetable garden this summer. It’s our first ever. We aren’t garden people. We’re not even houseplant people. I have no idea what possessed us to embark on this little project, but it’s been fun so far (and a bit of work).
Our garden is a raised bed, 4 feet by 8 feet by 12 inches high. We figured it would be easier to do this than it would be to attempt to till the soil in our backyard. Our house and yard are set over a granite ledge, so it’s hard sometimes to dig a hole for tulip bulbs, much less dig an entire garden. We spent about $30 on the lumber for the bed, and considerably more for the 800 lbs of top soil and compost we filled it with. And that doesn’t take into account the started plants we bought.
We’re trying to keep the garden organic. Before we left for vacation, we noticed that something was snacking on the plants, so I sprayed with something called Captain Jack’s Deadbug Brew. Yeah, I like it too.
Besides keeping the bugs away, vegetables need to be fertilized, and that was this evening’s project. In keeping with the organic scope of this project, I fertilized the garden with something called Neptune’s Harvest which is, as far as I can figure out, fish-in-a-blender. Yeah, somebody put fish in a Bass-O-Matic so that I might feed my tomato plants.
You have to hand it to those organic folk: they really know how to name a product. I think “Fish in a Blender” would have been a good name, too, but it might not have occurred to people it was for fertilizing.
Comment by Josh Hathaway — June 29, 2009 @ 10:00 am
I figure anything that keeps me from having to put fish in a blender myself is worth paying money for. Thanks for stopping by, Josh!
Comment by lmckay — June 29, 2009 @ 10:04 am
Yeah, the third grade boy in me thinks that sounds really cool for about 2 seconds and then I want to throw up in my mouth. I’m glad someone else will do it, too. Deadbug Brew and Fish-in-a-blender. All the good ideas are gone…
Comment by Josh Hathaway — June 30, 2009 @ 11:49 am