The beginnings of my Organic & Natural Wellness Garden

Hello Lovelies,

Yesterday I began my seedlings for my organic and natural wellness garden.
The purpose of this garden is to promote natural healing, natural nutrition and overall environmentally friendly. I am very disheartened when I go to the store and have to spend GOBS of my hard earned cash on produce that is less than par. I want to have my own supply or organically fresh, natural produce and herbs so supply my family, friends, and consumer needs.

To begin this journey of making a garden, I began a board on pinterest and I have just loaded it up on "how to" info for planting seeds, transplanting to outdoors, composting and garden bed making. These pieces of info have given me the knowledge to start a few little things before the summer is underway.

According to my guide for Zone 5A (midwest Indiana farming zone), most seedlings should be started indoors between March 1 and May 1. I have started with the plants that require longer germination time and those are:

• broccoli
• thyme
• carrots
• radishes
• green onion
• lettuce
• green beans
• spinach
• marigolds

A few of the above seedlings are in pots made from  biodegradable matter and will easily be transferred to soil after just tearing apart each small pot.

For the lettuce, spinach, green beans, radishes, green onion and marigold, I ran out of the other pots so i began to use regular plastic planters with naturally organic top soil.

I planted two seeds per hole, covered them with soil and watered them generously. I covered the biodegradable pots with a plastic covering to aid in keeping moisture, as you do NOT want these seeds to dry out.

I have approximately 15 other types of seeds that I plan on germinating this weekend, which I will update when that happens. I am thinking of using a paper towel and a big tray to do this so that they will germinate faster, allowing easier prep and finally easier transplanting because often both seeds will germinate and then the roots and shoots will become entangled. It's always hard to know how many seeds to put.

So, as for now, I am just waiting for those little green shoots to sprout. I will water them as needed to keep soil moist (probably daily, yet I checked the lettuce and spinach today and they were still damp but the other biodegradable pots were almost dry.