Beginner Gardening: Hurray, free stuff for the garden, 1 by LiseP

LiseP wrote:
Just thought I'd show you an update on my seedlings in my virtually free "greenhouse" (aka old shelving unit with a shower curtain liner that goes over it -- saw almost the same thing at Lowe's for $40).

You'll notice the "dirt globs" with Swiss chard popping up. That was my frugal attempt at duplicating the "soil block" or "soil cube" method. I decided all it was was a little compressed moist seed starter, right? So I just played sand castle with a Solo cup for fun. No problems! I felt like a little kid, and the seeds seem to like it okay. So for the cost of one Solo cup, I can duplicate the effects of a $30 soil block maker.

This message was edited Feb 24, 2011 1:35 PM