Playing Catch Up + Surprise Spring Giveaway!

I have been very sick lately, and it has taken a toll on my blog. Sometimes life throws you a curveball. While I am still awaiting a diagnosis of my current condition, I am finally feeling a little better to where I can move on with my usual life and tasks. To kick off, I will be throwing a Giveaway just to say I appreciate the love and patience! But first, lets talk a little about what I have been up to.  I have moved! .... Right down the street.... Haha. We moved into a small one bedroom apartment that will help us start saving for our future.  With that aspect, I have also welcomed Spring. While the change in Seasons isn't really simple to distinguish in Florida, we have planted some Vegetables and herbs. Unlike the rest of the states, there is not much that will grow this time of year here, unfortunately. So due to that reason, I will not have my dream garden yet. What i can grow a lot of right now is beans and peas!

I planted some beans and they were growing steadily for a few days. One day i woke up and the had a growth spurt overnight! They grew so high that I couldn't close the lid to the seedling box! They were beautiful and healthy. Unfortunately, the yard was no where near ready to be planted in. The previous tenant left the yard completely trashed. There were rocks and garbage everywhere. So we set out to clear the yard, and all we find underneath is sand after feet of sand. To find some dirt, I have to dig in about 3 feet down. That is not happening.

So instead of being able to fix this dirt, we have to find a way around this problem to be able to plant anything. We dug down 3 feet in one area and placed leaves and other compostable materials and then topped it with organic dirt. Now we are making a 4x8 garden bed to place on top. I think this will be a great start to our yard. As far as the rest of the yard, we are not sure what to do about it yet.

While working on the yard, the beans grew very quickly. Now i transplanted them into a few cinder blocks outside. We finished making the garden bed last night, and will transplanting the rest of the veggies into it tomorrow. I made it a little taller than normal due to our horrible sandy lot. I will be layering it so I don't spend a fortune on soil.

Now inside the house, I have been growing a few herbs on my windowsills. The basil has been growing fantastically, but the parsley never sprouted. The Thyme has started sprouting recently, and I am very anxious to grow some! I am also growing some Jalapenos that have been growing beautifully. I have been trying to grow a few others, but they haven't sprouted yet.

   

So that is a quick rundown of what I have been up to. Now we can move on to the Giveaway!! One winner will win a Surprise Spring Box filled with .... Surprise items! Haha. You will for sure be receiving some seeds to start in your home, and some surprise items. Of course the seeds will be nonGMO, so you do not have to worry about that. Since this post is full of "green", I made one of the entries to post a picture of something you planted this year on my Facebook Page! Remember to come back to this page daily for extra entries!

Spring Surprise Box