I just have a hard time killing seedlings!
When free seedlings show up, I like to give them an opportunity. Volunteers are great and save a lot of time and effort in planting and caring for, so when I see a volunteer garden plant sprout up somewhere, I like to transplant them to garden or work them into the landscape. Today was one such opportunity.
HEY THERE LITTLE GUYS!
It's been raining a lot, so we haven't turned our compost pile as we should. Since it has been sitting still, it has given the opportunity to some of the seeds in there to spout. This morning, there were three healthy seedlings popping out of the compost pile. If I turned it now, they would just die and be added to the compost, but I thought perhaps it would be better to try to transplant them.
The seedlings lift out of the compost easily enough, and that allows me to keep the root system intact, within the compost that I lifted. I'm not even sure who these plants are, but they are growing like a cucumber, squash, or pumpkin would. Based on our recent diet, I'm guessing that they are "Patty Pan Squash" seedlings. We were able to eat quite a few of them while watching the garden of @bluerthangreen & @allforthegood.
Here is the first one planted in its new home, an open area in our garden. I think that these can produce in less than two months (if my guess is correct), but even if they are not what I think they are, we still might get some free food out of this one. Since a lot of this lifestyle is new to us, things like this are really encouraging to see and to be a part of. I'll let you know if anything ever comes out of these! Steem on!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-more-potential-for-free-food
Until next time…
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This big punkin plant was a volunteer. Some popped up in my garden and I let one grow.
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Excellent! Good decision!
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Yay little squash plant! #foodisfree here's a plant that sprouted up when my
sister watered with compost tea. A little seed slipped in!! Now a pepper is growing! Ha Ha Ha!! It's awesome 😁Good job on your new lifestyle Pepper Family! It's super encouraging to follow your blog posts 🌱💚💜💚💜
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Wow! Very cool!
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Haha! Looks like a squash seed also planted itself in the spider plant! Good growing 💚😂💚
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Oh wow! I see that now too! Very cool! Great unintentional garden!
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We sometimes find free potato or squash in our compost as well. One year we even had borage which can be used in salads and teas.
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I heard of people letting sweet potatoes grow on their compost pill.
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My school has started growing fruits and veggies to put in our salad!
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Cool! I love borage!
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Yay! I LOVE all volunteers, plants and people😆I recently found two volunteer baby mango trees growing in my compost heap!❤️💛💚 Great post @papa-pepper, thank you 🤗
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I've actually had the same thing happen with baby mangos, but they did not really make it due to my climate. An avocado did the same thing too!
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I love my volunteer plants. Sometimes my compost doesn't get stirred right away and I get all kinds of little guys growing. These turn out to be hardier than the seeds I plant in the beds. And sometimes the birds drop different seeds in there too.
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Oh yes, birds do a lot of unintended planting!
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Yes, there are many advantages of planting plants, one will eat us and simultaneously pollution will be reduced. I would like to thank you very much for this nature that you are doing very well.
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Good content i think you are good blog maker for a his why you are established
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I hope those little guys will continue to grow and get you some food!
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I hope those little
Guys will continue to grow
And get you some food!
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Waste not want not. As they say.
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I love the concept and the effort. Let's hope the harvest turns out great
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I love the concept
And the effort. Let's hope the
Harvest turns out great
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Not only do I hate to pull out volunteers, but also trim out extras when I thin-out plants like lettuce, carrots, beets, and rutabagas. However, when too close it makes them really scrawny.
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Gardening is a very good job for you to do.Do it. And very many healthy plants
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@papa-pepper isn't it incredible how life must continue! I love that the compost is the perfect environment for seedlings.
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It really is! Plants are amazing!
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They look like little sunflowers...
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