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Hello. I live in a trailer park in Northern California. Zone 9b. Limited growing space. That's why I am doing container growing. Fruit trees, herbs, berries, vegetables, fragrant flowers and plants, California natives, drought-tolerant plants, orchids. I have an AS in Landscape Horticulture and consider myself "well-versed" with plants. But container-gardening presented a new challenge. I have killed so many plants that I continue to read, research and inquire about what could be ailing my babies. There's always something to learn.

Last weekend's plans got completely disrupted and the garden plan for The Garden For Ability got re-arranged. During a routine gas line check, a leak was found. They had to dig up the gas line to the house and replace it. The Result: The elderberry bush was taken out and an area that I was planning to develop next year was torn up this year. Oh Well. Things happen. So, What I did: I took some of the elderberry suckers and replanted them in a different area. I then cut up the rest of the bush to propagate cuttings. I put a few into my sand Propagation Tray to try to root this fall and winter. The rest I am giving away for other people to root and create their own medicine trees. The mint cuttings that I was planning to put in the main Garden For Ability got planted in the area that was torn up along with some daffodils, snow drops, and creeping thyme plugs that I took out of my rosemary garden. I planted lemon balm cuttings in the container garden that I had reserved for the mint. A space was reserved for annual flowers in the space that was torn up. Later: In a few weeks, when things go dormant, I will mulch the area and set in the containers for the annual flowers. Oh well. Things happen. The work was planned, it just happened out of the planned order, and I still have this years planned work to finish up.

I am new to this group am 70 years old and learning how to grow vegetables and herbs and trying to eat more plant based because I am overweight and a diabetic. This is my first year growing my Garden in containers. It Didn’t do so well because I had them up next to my House and they were not Getting enough sun plus I wasn’t Fertilizing enough and didn’t realize the watering was washing the Nutrients out. I have corrected that and am getting fall produce now. I live in WA 8b or 9a zone. I am planting garlic by End of Oct and especially like growing more out of scrape of veggies. I am doubling the size Of my Garden next year because I bought everything When it was on sale In late Sept. i have been researching how to grow each veggie and got a soil test kit Then since I use a wheelchair I put my pots and grow bags up on pallets and my son will put in watering system in spring.

What grow lights is everyone using for seedlings?