Gardening Week - Day 4

Today, I cleaned out my planters. I had four that I bought several years ago, but haven't used in forever (like, since we lived in Virginia 3 years ago). I washed them with soap and water, then I soaked them in our tub with some added bleach for an hour. I decided to get two things done at once and ran the jets of the tub at the same time. It worked pretty great, except one of my small planters cracked. Then I let them air dry.

We also went to Home Depot. We bought potting soil that's formulated for starting seeds and cuttings more quickly. We bought spinach seeds. And we bought a trowel.

I finally got down to some planting. I planted the spinach seeds in my biggest planter. And put some green onions in my second biggest planter. I'm waiting for some herbs to show signs of rooting before I waste soil and planter space on them. The kids had fun helping me water the seeds and onions, too. They are so excited to see things grow.