Thu, Jul 30, 2009
Vermiculite
Posted to Garden category
I have the final ingredient I needed to set up my first square foot garden bed: Nanette had a partial sack of coarse vermiculite she was able to let me have. And we are putting in a combined order to her supplier: fine vermiculite for her seedlings and coarse for my garden beds. So by the time enough of the heavy landscape construction is done and I can create the planting beds I want, I should have the materials available.
One nice thing about having a friend with an organic farm is that Nanette knows sources for things you can't get at ordinary garden centers. I don't understand why the garden centers don't supply vermiculite in other than tiny quantities.
I also received a new seed catalog in the mail today, from Johnny's Selected Seeds. Looking at seed catalogs is a good activity for a cold damp evening. It's just that usually the cold damp evening is in March or April, not July. The Denver Airport recorded a record low high temperature today, breaking a record from sometime in the 1920s.