Last year, the bulk of my garden expense was spent on potting soil - approximately 5 bags. I really do not want to replace all the soil because of the cost but also for the lack of space to dispose of last year's soil. I have one bag of composted cow manure and half a bag of fresh potting soil that I can use to amend the old soil. So I've been dumping the old soil in a bucket, adding some fresh potting soil/manure/crush egg shells/fertilizer, mixing it around and getting as much roots out as possible. I also think it is important to break up the old soil to loosen up the compacted soil. I bought a sieve from the garden store but it turns out filtering the soil through the sieve is A LOT of work. So I've resorted to breaking up the soil with my little shovel. Even this is really tedious and I do not look forward to dealing with the larger containers.
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| Stored egg shells crushed using a mortar and pestle to be added to the soil. |
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| This green bucket is very useful for mixing the soil. |
My little seedlings are 10 days old and now have all sprouted. They're looking quite good.
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| Pak choi and Swiss chard seedlings. |
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| Romaine lettuce seedlings |
What an awesome sunny window. I like how you store your eggshells until they're ready to be crushed.
ReplyDeleteThis window gets great sun in the afternoon. To be honest, I'm just lazy with the eggshells:) But it works well for me!
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