How does my garden grow?

It's September in Santa Maria, and you know what that means: Planting Season! Actually, it's almost always planting season here... :-)

I've decided to try my hand at gardening. I love the idea of growing my own food, especially lettuce. Paul and I go through lettuce like half starved rabbits, and the stuff isn't cheap...

I've been checking out lots of gardening books from the library, and on Sunday, Paul and I finally made the trip to Orchard Supply Hardware and came home with a small army of different soils, seeds, and pots.

On Monday, I mixed up several different soils and planted bush peas, mesculin mix, romaine lettuce, thyme, basil, and spinach. I then sealed the pots with plastic wrap and set them in a warm spot in the sun. It sounds (and looks) bad, but the book said it was the thing to do before the seeds sprout. I go out and assure them every day that this is happening because I love them and want them to grow, but they just sit there looking soggy and suffocating...

According to the seed packets, we should start seeing some germination action in a few days. Then we will discover whether this is the miracle of new life, or horrible plant torture and death. Stay tuned to find out!

My future garden

Yum!!!!

The baby compost pile :-)

Hmm, come to think of it, those look like blue thumbs...