Indoor Garden Experiment (Part 1)

I have always had a dream to be a farmer with my many horses and sheep following my steps. However, my dream has shifted a little to include fewer animals. Too many lives to possibly drive. One thing stayed the same: I still need to learn how to garden.

In the past several years my family has had a little mini garden in our backyard. From that, I have learned that Carrots and spinach are hard to grow but tomatoes are easy to grow. And that strawberries and Mint will grow like weeds. I also learned that groundhogs have a preference for lettuce and dill. (Curse them groundhogs!)

Our garden in the first years was a group effort however people left for school and life got busy so it wasn’t as well taken care of. Last two years I decided to take up gardening solo. It was a lot more work than I was expecting, not gonna lie, especially the intense battles with the bees and mosquitoes.

  When fall came around, my now abandoned groundhog-eaten garden was dead except for a few herbs. I was surprised that the herbs were still alive in chilly weather which got me thinking, Why not start an indoor herb garden over the winter? It’s been about two months now and so far it’s not my most successful endeavor.

  Between killing the sprouts and possibly creating a biohazard there are a few things I learned from each batch:

  Batch 1 was successful in sprouting and my dill seeds grew up to 4 in tall. However, because I had no idea what to do, after I removed the top they were all dead within a span of a week. This was proving to be much harder than I expected.

  Batch 2 included two plastic ziplock bags with biodegradable planters I bought last year and the date package I used for the first batch. I planted parsley and dill again in the date package, and in the ziplock, I planted strawberry seeds from frozen fruit. I really have no hope for the strawberry seeds lol.

  The ziplock bag is currently still creating a moldy mess. When they said biodegradable I thought it needed dirt but no. The mold will eat it first. 

  Because I used the same dirt from my last sprouting adventures, I now have no idea what is growing in there. There might be some rosemary growing or it could be the strawberry seeds.

  For the parsley and dill it sprouted without much effort again, but this time I took the top a few hours in a day until I could permanently introduce them to their new environment.

I’m gonna continue trying to grow my herb garden and see what happens. I definitely need to do more research because I’m just winging it. 

Thanks for reading!