Newspaper Article

Well I just got the newspaper article from The News Reporter (Wilkes County newspaper).  I mentioned earlier on how there was an article being written from my visit and guest speaker role with the Washington Wilkes Garden Club.  I truly enjoyed the experience and thank the ladies of the club.  If you have time read the article.  Hope everyone is doing well.

Day 3 After Planting Kale

Well today I went into my garden room and checked out all of the plant boxes.  And guess what I saw.  I have kale seed already sprouting, this is amazing due to I planted these seeds three days ago in a potting soil/worm casting mix.  I will post a picture later on.  But I thought this would interest everyone who reads my blog.  The onions and tomatos are planted in regular potting soil so I don't expect to see any early germination.  But if you remember my pumpkin plants that were planted with a soil and worm casting mix germinated extremely early also.  So the worm castings are definitely doing it's job with the kale and lettuce. 

Tomatos

Today I planted some tomato seeds to see if I could germinate them in the garden room.  I would like to have some fresh tomatos during the winter.  I decided to plant the seeds in regular potting soil and once they are transplanted into bigger pots I will mix some worm castings with potting soil to see what the outcome will be.  I have always heard that the greenhouse tomatos don't taste as good but I wonder if this is true with garden room tomatos with a worm castings mixture.  I will post pictures later.

Kale: Dwarf Blue Curled, Vate's Strain

Well today I planted some kale in my garden room to see how it would do in my worm castings.  I am hoping for a bountiful harvest within the next 60 to 72 days.  This is going to be a great experiment.  I planted in a potting soil and worm casting mix.  So there is plenty of nutrition for the seeds.  I will post pictures when they start to germinate.

Gourmet Lettuce

Well I planted some gourmet lettuce three weeks ago in some potting soil and yesterday I transplanted them in a larger container in my garden room in a potting soil/worm casting mix.  I just was not happy about the outcome with potting soil alone.  Now I want to see what the castings will help do.  So now in two weeks I will take a new picture so we can see if the castings have made a difference.

Worm Castings Work Great

Here it is the middle of October and I am still harvesting watermelons.  I spread about 50 lbs of worm castings around my watermelon plants and they are still producing.  I have one that is over 50 lbs.  That is a huge watermelon. 

Here are the last three watermelons left.  It's amazing that it is in the middle of  October and I still have watermelons.  I guess that proves that the worm castings do work as far as nutrient replenishment. 

Tignall Garden Club

I would like to thank the Tignall, Georgia Garden Club for having me today as their speaker.  I enjoyed my time with them.