Karl's Garden Blog

This is the first time I’ve tried Jiffy Pods. Being the Typcial Male ™ that I am, I ripped open the packaging and threw away the top before I read it. Then I immediately tried to plant seeds in the hard packed, compressed peat pods without having soaked them first. This is what we call [...]

Since my newbie soil mistake is creating some damned leggy plants, I decided to start over in some cases in case I can’t salvage the leggy ones. (Luckily, I had plenty of leftover seed.) Tonight, I threw together another tray of seedlings … this time using the right stuff.
But wait — there’s more! I’m [...]