Alex Heberling

Did a little gardening today, now that I have a backyard to do so!  It’s way exciting! I repotted the little plants I’d brought with me, which are on the top shelf.  On the left is a wildflower mix, daisies, and forget-me-nots, and on the right is a strawberry plant. On the bottom shelf, some [...]

This is the garden right after an epic harvest/pruning I did today!  It’s about day 69 for the lettuce, and the leaves have been coming in quite broad and lovely!  I have a bag of lettuce now in my crisper ready for sandwiches and the like. The little grow pots hanging from the side of [...]

Today, I was out of iceberg lettuce from the grocery store, but still needed a sandwich for lunch. Today, there were several leaves of lettuce big enough to add to said sandwich. Sandwiches without lettuce make for a sad, sad Alex. :< Today, there was lettuce eating. The verdict:  it’s a sandwich, alright. These lettuce [...]

They’re trucking right along and looking more lettucey by the day.  The biggest plants are about 5-6 inches tall, and I’ll soon have to reassemble the shelving to give them more room to grow. I got to go to Lowe’s the other evening and just wander around a bit, which was fun.  I picked up [...]

I transplanted the lettuce into their planters today!  There are five seedlings in each bucket, and I put the extra in the pop bottle planter that formerly belonged to the sunflowers.  I’m hoping that the plants were strong enough to survive the transplant, since I had some trouble getting them out of the fiber pots. [...]