Go Greener: Organic Gardening

We all know that chemicals are not great for the environment. It's ironic that so many products made for growing plants and vegetables (which is good for the environment) can contain so many additives are bad for the environment. Adrienne and Scott picked up a book called "Giant Book of Garden Solutions: 1,954 Natural Remedies to Handle Your Toughest Garden Problems" by Jerry Baker. I think that faithful readers of this blog are aware of all of the troubles these two have had trying to grow tomatoes in their backyard and they hope that this book will lead them to a safe solution. Since it is about time to start preparing seeds, I thought I would share one of the first tips that the book offers for a Seed Starter Tonic. This promises to get your seeds off to a "rip-roarin' start".

The Recipe:

1 tsp. of baby shampoo

1 tsp. of Epsom Salts

1 qt. of weak tea water*

Mix the shampoo and Epsom salts in the tea. Then bundle up your seeds in cheesecloth or an old panty hose toe (one seed per bundle, unless you're aimin' for a casual mix). Drop the bundles into the liquid, and put the container in the fridge to soak for 24 hours. Your seeds will come out ready to go.
* Soak a used tea bag in a mix of 1 gallon of warm water and 1 spoon of liquid dish soap untl the mix is light brown.

Happy Gardening!!
~ Ashlee & Adrienne