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 | | Vegetable D-Ring Binder |
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 | | Clear seed/photo sleeves |
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 | | Flower D-Binder |
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 | | Binder spines with tabs to remove labels |
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 | | 1/2 empty barrels easier to move |
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 | | barrels leveled and in place |
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Spring is in full swing!
So many projects to do and things to get accomplished over the next few
weeks. Wanted to get seeds organized to
better identify what I have and help with decisions on what, where, and when to
plant. Needed to level the resin barrels
in my back yard area.
Using D-ring binders, I decided to separate seeds into
two main categories: vegetables and flowers. Using clear seed sleeves (4 x 6),
I had to punch additional 3-ring holes because the original holes were not
spaced correctly. This made it much
easier to shift the clear sleeves across the binder ring. Using MS Publisher, I
designed card stock covers and spines for each binder. I need to alphabetize seeds in each binder,
but still a better system than before. Next up, barrel leveling.
Leveling the barrels meant removing part of
the soil in each to make it easier to move each barrel. I keep small kiddie pools for such tasks. The pools make a great place to shovel soil
for projects like this and also for amending the soil in containers. Dug a flat area for each barrel to sit around
the tree stump. These barrels will be
used to trellis cucumbers and beans. Lots of hard dry dirt with plenty of rocks. After putting each barrel in place, soil
amendments were added to each and hand-tilled. Cow manure, new garden soil with fertilizer,
and vermiculite were all added along with any of the old soil to top off the
container. Need to mulch around the
barrels, add bamboo trellises, and put in the plants!
Let me know about your garden projects, tips,
and tricks in the comments! Thanks for
stopping by!
Marie
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