Updates

Sorry no pictures tonight folks. Just some updates.

Plant Nanny Experiment:  This is (mostly) going well .  The plants look good but it is probably too soon to tell.  I do have one little problem. Tonight, there was an empty bottle already.  I placed the plant nanny in one of my coconut fiber lined hanging baskets, in which I recently planted all my propagated Ivy babies.  I have a few theories on the empty situation: 1) the soil was still loose and hadn’t had time to compact fully yet, so the aeration might have affected the dispersion rate.  2) Possibly the absorbent fibers sucked the water out faster than normal. and 3) The plant was located in a high traffic area.  The dogs and people walking by could easily bump the stand it rests on causing the water to dispense quicker.  Also, being an old farmhouse, the floorboards are a little bouncy and might cause the water to disperse unevenly.  The rest of the plants’ however, are still 3/4 full and look great and the soil feels evenly moist.  I plan to move the one uncooperative plant to a different location and try again.  I may have to wait a few days as the soil is quite saturated.

Container Garden: A big *SIGH*  We survived the evil rabbit invasion, the predicted cold spell, but darn that West Texas wind.  Poor plant babies have taken a beating due to my neglect!  I may have to do some emergency replanting and get the peppers in deeper and add more support to the tender stalks if they are going to beat the seemingly extra harsh spring winds.  (Seriously, is it my imagination, fretful worries over my tubs o’plants or do the winds seem extra blowy this year?

Seedlings:  Well the little seed babies are still hanging in there.  I will get some pictures taken and post them so you can see that the survivors of my negligence are doing fine.  If you remember, I went out of town for a week and tried another self watering shortcut, and the result was powder mold.  I lost a good portion of my crop but lesson learned. Well, maybe not as I have the plant nanny experiment going on right now.  I am determined to find a solution to cheap, effective self watering.  I love gardening but fear It will interfere with my love for traveling.   I will find a solution!  In the meantime the surviving seed babies are doing great and I hope to put many of these plants in the Master Gardener Plant sale.

Photography projects:  I would dearly love to post a photo of the day every day, but these days of mine are getting crazy.  I can definitely snap a photo each day, but getting it edited and posted…… Ok, ok, voice in my head, I will try harder.