Seeds Ordered!

Well, I went a little hog wild yesterday and ordered some seeds, partially at random. I’ve been reading up on what to plant, what works in containers and all that. I’ve read people’s blogs where they pour over seed catalogue after seed catalogue insuring they’re making the right choices. But, me, I just picked willy nilly.

I may regret some of my choices; I ended up ordering more seeds than I had anticipated (of course). Since we are moving some time before June, I should have minimized rather than gone overboard. But, here was the final result:

1 Packet Temptation Strawberries (I read these do surprisingly well in containers)
1 packet Tumbling Tom Red Tomato
1 packet Strawberry Corn (something with strawberry in the name—but basically popping corn)
1 packet Chinese Five Color peppers
1 packet arugula

I ordered these all from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds and Pinetree Garden Seeds

(Side note: MS Word didn’t have arugula in its dictionary—hmm)

I have two wood containers for the arugula. I’ve heard mixed things about using wood for containers, but I think I’ll give it a shot and if it doesn’t work out I’ll know for next time.

Now the challenge is to find big containers for the rest of the guys. I’ve tried to find stuff around the house I could use, but I’m not coming up with anything that is really as big as most of the articles I read said vegetable containers should be (5 gallons).

Another challenge is finding somewhere to put the containers once they’re ready to get moved outside. Right now, actually, there are some spaces because our apartment is on the corner. The corner faces south, so some items on the balcony might work as being close to south facing. My concern is when we move to another apartment, we’ll be unlikely to have the same setup. I guess that will just have to be one of my criteria—south facing porch/balcony/something.
I’m excited to start, but I also know my limitations—I have issues with long term projects, as in losing interest or motivation to continue. I’m hoping the idea of food coming from these plants will keep me going!