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Garden difficulties
May. 24th, 2013 03:19 pmI'd be lying if I didn't say that this whole "growing plants from seed" business is not going quite as well as I anticipated. My one gigantic flower bed is a sorry sight, with some stunted sproutlings scattered about. My main problems are the heat (the bed is along the Southeast wall with absolutely no shade all day, and the red brick house reflects the heat mericlessly), and the lack of access to water (I was quite shocked when my landlord informed me there's no outside faucet at all, I have to carry buckets of water from the basement).
The heat issue I could always learn to work with (though finding plants that can both deal with scorching heat and Norwegian nights and winters will probably be quite a task), but carrying all that water from the basement is absolutely killing me. The two solutions I'm currently considering don't work all that well together neither (making a new flower bed away from the scorching red house wall, and hooking up a hose to my kitchen faucet and watering out the window).
If the flower bed had been my only garden endeavor I think I'd be far more demoralized right now, but thankfully the lettuce and chives in my window flower box seem to be doing swell. So are most of the plants I sowed indoors - I had to repot my sunflower today (my first time, I sincerely hope I didn't kill it in the process) and thin out the poppies. Here's hoping I don't sign their death warrants the moment I plant them out into the garden.
So - some learning experiences, some problems, but I'm still essentially optimistic. Gonna post some pics the moment I grow something worth looking at.
The heat issue I could always learn to work with (though finding plants that can both deal with scorching heat and Norwegian nights and winters will probably be quite a task), but carrying all that water from the basement is absolutely killing me. The two solutions I'm currently considering don't work all that well together neither (making a new flower bed away from the scorching red house wall, and hooking up a hose to my kitchen faucet and watering out the window).
If the flower bed had been my only garden endeavor I think I'd be far more demoralized right now, but thankfully the lettuce and chives in my window flower box seem to be doing swell. So are most of the plants I sowed indoors - I had to repot my sunflower today (my first time, I sincerely hope I didn't kill it in the process) and thin out the poppies. Here's hoping I don't sign their death warrants the moment I plant them out into the garden.
So - some learning experiences, some problems, but I'm still essentially optimistic. Gonna post some pics the moment I grow something worth looking at.
