Diggin' In: Progress Journal (2/29 - 3/18)

Diggin' In: Progress Journal (2/29 - 3/18)03/18/2012

 

2/29/12. Moving Outside!

Today we moved the germinated plants out into the sun and in the aquarium to protect from rain and cold. Was hoping for a slight green house effect. The seeds that have only just poked the surface were left inside to germinate a bit more. It’s probably about mid 50’s and cloudy today. I hope our spindally seedlings will be ok!

I found out that what I thought was impressively healthy growing ended up being our babies stretching their necks to find the sun. Oops! Needed to put them into sunlight as soon as they started showing green leaves. Something to keep in mind for next round of seedlings coming up.

Plants we left inside to germinate more:

• Leeks - M & D
• Beets - M
• Cilantro - M & D
• Lettuce - M
• Onion - D
• Scallions - D
• Celery root - M

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3/18/12. Transplant to salad mix bins.

Today we transplanted several seedlings into a mid-rand “pot” of salad mix bins. They’re great planters! And set them on benches in the yard to catch max sun - though it has been very rainy for the past 4 or 5 days. The separation of M and my own trays are no more. We’ve joined forces to mother all plants equally as a team.

Plants transplanted: Cabbage Peas Broccoli Arugula Spinach Kale

Still in cells: Lettuce Beets Cauliflower Scallions Celery root Chives Onion bunches Cilantro Leeks

We have also started more peas and scallions that we bought from the garden store. We are using the left over mix from the original plantings, while adding "Happy Medium" potting soil we bought today. That brings me to the point of talking about Soil Solutions and Jim Neves! We found a wonderful soil store on the outskirts of town - a local, organic store. Jim, the owner was wonderfully informative and kind - we talked for a while about our project and goals. He was open to share and we'll be for sure going back to him! He even offered to give a power point presentation and workshops for D.r.e.e.m. Reality!