GARDEN SUPPLIES and Container Cleanup PREP ready to plant vegetable gardening compost

🌱 The speaker ordered fish emulsion fertilizer from Home Depot and received four gallon jugs of Alaska fish fertilizer.

🌱 The kale plants in the greenhouse are doing well while the ones outside are growing a bit slower.

🌱 The speaker cleaned up and painted containers that had a layer of dirt, algae, and old paint.

🌱 In an attempt to keep the plants warm during the coldest night of the year, the speaker ran an extension cord to the greenhouse and used a 150-watt light bulb for heat.

🌱 The thermometer in the greenhouse dropped to 17 degrees Fahrenheit, indicating that the light bulb may not have been effective in preventing the plants from getting too cold.

🌱 The plants in the greenhouse wilted due to the cold but are expected to bounce back once it warms up.

🌱 The frozen water in the hose caused it to expand and push out, resulting in a split metal faucet.

🌱 The speaker drained the rain barrels and had to use a different type of faucet because the preferred ones were no longer available at Home Depot or Lowe's.

🌱 The speaker filled two barrels with compost costing six dollars and topped off the beds with fresh compost.

🌱 The final bed is approximately 10 percent perlite and 90 percent compost, which will be further enhanced with azomite and worm castings in the springtime.