Surprise: Return of the Instant Garden
As suggested in my previous posts, Garden Science has been guarding a secret. I wish I could say I’ve been waiting patiently for exactly the right time for the big reveal, but the truth is I’ve just been really busy. In any event... the secret shall now be revealed!
Behold: The return of the Instant Garden!! That’s right, my personal favorite Garden Science experiment is back and way, way bigger than ever. I’ll be sprinkling evolutionary photos of the garden throughout this post as I explain. The photos show my work on the garden over a few weeks’ time.
So, what’s up with the instant garden? Where did it come from? What’s this big reveal all about?
Readers who have been with Garden Science for several years now may remember that the original instant garden was an experiment based on planting a vegetable garden entirely from found seeds and kitchen scraps. It was a tremendous success, but unfortunately I had not been able to repeat the experiment in any meaningful way since that first year because I moved into a tiny apartment with no yard.
My growing situation improved dramatically a few weeks ago, though, because my significant otter just bought a house! The house has a roof, doors, windows, and other house things. This is all fine and good, but my inner Garden Scientist™ was primarily interested in the yard... the enormous, glorious yard.
Much to my absolute delight, the previous owner of this greenery had tilled a spot for a decently-sized garden. They had apparently used it well in previous years, too, because I found it absolutely filled with a volunteer army of tomato plants and wild mystery plants that I have yet to identify. It was also full of weeds. I’m still working on that.
I moved a bunch of the starts from the grow kit experiment over to the house and spent the last few weeks weeding, planting, pruning, watering and handing out high fives to passers-by. HOORAY!
Thanks to my delay, I have a tremendous backlog of garden-related things to post. I imagine the next few days will be eventful ones in Tumblrville, so check back soon for more!