A few weeks ago, before I built Chicken Fort Knox, the hens discovered a garden bed containing my newly planted radish and pea seeds. As usual, they hopped in, scratched around, and left. Leaving me to clean it up. Well, yesterday I finally got around to cleaning up their mess.
This is what the radish and pea bed looked like before the clean up.
This is what the radish and pea plants looked like after a 30 minute session with Mavis the OCD gardener.
What did I do with all the pea plants? Well I didn’t toss them out, instead I transplanted the pea plants to a few containers we have on the back porch. I’ve learned over the years that when you are trying to transplant peas {or any plant for that matter} it’s best to take as much of the surrounding soil with it to it’s new location. The chances of survival are also much higher if the new soil {where the plant is to be transplanted to} is as close to the old soil as possible.
Ideally, once you plant peas you don’t want to move them. But when you are trying to grow 2,000 lbs of fruits and vegetables in your backyard, every seed and or plant counts.
Personally, I think the pea plants look kind of artsy fartsy in their new home. Maybe I should send the chickens a thank you card.
Peace Out Girl Scouts…
The weather here in Seattle is supposed to reach the mid 70’s this weekend.
You know where I’ll be if you need me.
♥ Mavis
If you’d like to learn more about container gardening, Amazon currently has Sugar Snaps and Strawberries: Simple Solutions for Creating Your Own Small-Space Edible Garden
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