So yay!! I found the vermiculite! After a large number of phone calls and emails, I found a place here in Greenville that sells it. It was $12.98 for a 4 cubic foot bag. The name of the place, in case you are looking for some, is South Pleasantburg Nursery. I hope to go back when they get the bedding plants in. And they encourage organic fertilizers, etc as well. It is a very nice store!
The seedlings that we planted last week are mostly up. I planted, and Knox helped by trying to grab my seeds, the spoon, the water, etc. We did Roma and beefsteak tomatoes, a bush cucumber called Pickle Bush, cabbage, marigolds, several different herbs, squash, etc. As soon as we get the boxes built, I will plant snow peas, English peas, carrots, radishes and lettuce.
I know that the last frost date is around the middle of April here, but it will be really easy to cover the boxes if we need to and usually by the end of March it is warm enough to get the rest of the stuff out. I might get another variety of cucumber yet just for eating. No zuchini, since we are not too fond of it.
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I posted a picture of our garden on my blog. I'm worried about my tomato plants though--they already look dead after the transplant (and it's only been 3 days).
We planted all the seeds, but I know it will be a while before they sprout.
Yes, the vermiculite was hard too find...we called around a lot too. But we had to pay $30 for our bag!
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