From Humble Beginnings..

Have you been wondering about those Morning Glory and Moonflower seedlings I started a month ago?  Well they were staying at my parents place while I was on vacation, but now they're back and it's time to plant!

I bought a planter at Canadian Tire a few weeks ago that has a drainage hole in the bottom for about $10.  I stole some gravel from my parents driveway and some larger rocks from outside the doors of my apartment building so I wouldn't have to use as much soil.

It took me a while to figure out what I wanted for a trellis.  After checking the package on my seeds I realized that I would need something taller than the planter really allowed for.  The Morning Glories grow to 12 feet and the Moon Flowers grow to 10 feet tall.  I checked out my options at Farmer Clem's, Canadian Tire, and Home Depot, but they didn't really have what I was looking for.  I almost settled for a little one at Canadian Tire when my mother suggested checking out the Walmart at the Bedford Commons.  I totally forgot about that place!  I've only been there once before, but I'm definitely going back to check out the other stores.

I found the tallest trellis I could find and it's beautiful to boot!  It has cute little birds and leaves on it.  The ones at Canadian Tire that were this size were $49 each and much thicker.  The ones I got were $23 each and are about 7 feet tall (6 feet if the pegs were going into the ground).  I bought two so that I could put make the plants grow up the corner of the balcony.  I fastened them together in three places with some wire and it seems to be heavy enough that the wind won't bother it.  I'll give you an update on that later.

I tried to plant the seedlings so that most of them were along the edges closest to the trellis.  There just wasn't room to plant all of them that way.  But I guess I'll be training them to find the trellis when they are tall enough.  I've never done this before so it should be interesting!  The planter looks so tiny against the trellis!  Maybe next year I'll get a larger planter.