Trying Again

It’s round III in the garden. After two disastrous attempts at having a fall “crop” (I say crop, but my house isn’t big enough to have a real “crop”), I’m trying again.  I tried not to get discouraged the first couple rounds when pests destroyed all my new starters.  I didn’t even get too upset when I found hundreds of cutworms lounging in the soil beneath the ruins of my spinach and lettuce. 

I figure that the first couple years will be a learning curve anyway, right? 

So this weekend I finally got around to double-checking to make sure there weren’t any cutworms in the dirt I had carefully combed the weeks before—there weren’t.  I put dirt back in their appropriate places and transplanted starters (spinach and lettuce) and I’m waiting patiently.  I did go to Lowes to look for some pesticides “just in case” (remember I’m trying to be organic) but didn’t find any to my liking, so I’m back to holding my breath.  I also want to try putting a nail next to each starter to prevent cutworm destruction, but I haven’t gotten around to that either.  Such is the life of a gardener with kids…you gotta do things in stages.  Hoping the bastards don’t get the munchies before I get out there to do my preventative measures. 

I also planted some onion bulbs I bought from Lowes.  I haven’t been very successful growing root plants, so here is some new experience under my belt!