Week 1: Research graywater. Although it took me away from my original idea of water conservation, it was not advisable to use gray water with edible plants. Instead, we used it on our front lawn and other plants. Saved, clean sink water is ok to water the garden.
Week 2: Shopping and research. After I made some decisions about what direction to go, I bought some supplies I needed – gloves, hand tools, potting soil, plant food, seeds, plants, etc. Week 3: Two trips to City Farmers Nursery in City Heights. The first trip, I accidently deleted my pictures, so I went a second time with my children. The staff was very friendly. They helped me decide to do worm composting, so I ordered the worms from Amazon. Week 4: All about worm composting. The Red Wriggler Worms arrived. My kids and I saw a YouTube video of two younger kids making a worm composter with their mom. We made a worm bed, got the supplies together and made/posted six of our own YouTube videos. (Davis Family Worm Composting) Week 5: Slide show of garden pictures. It shows a “before” and “after” picture. I’m proud of my progress. But, I know that this is just the beginning. * I’m experimenting with my bell peppers. One is in a pot and one is in the ground. I want to see which one grows better.
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