Starting the Seeds.

The past few weeks have been filled with planting seeds for the coming year.  It is certainly fun to imagine the marvelous flowers and veggies these miniscule seeds will produce in the future.  Oh, how I look forward to that time!  I have not counted, but we have planted approximately 100 trays (each tray holds 50-75 seeds), and have MANY more to plant. A lot of them are the old time favorites: Lettuce, Cabbage, Broccoli, etc.  But we've planted many flowers as well. 

One of my favorite parts of gardening is watching the little plants pop their heads out of the soil for the first time!  It seems like every time I check I discover a new little friend saying "hello" to the world.  It's so fun!

The majority of the trays have sprouted and I look forward to seeing what else has come up tomorrow.  However, being plants, they grow and need further attention; that is what my focus will be over the next few weeks, and really the rest of the season.  I look foward to sharing all that we have planned for this summer. It should be a wonderful year! I plan to write a lot more about the other gardens this year. There is just so much to share and we have so many beautiful gardens at the farm. Here's just a glimpse of what's been going on with the seeds....

Plant Usage

So today as I worked on the wall I paid special attention to what plants were doing well and which ones were questionable. I thought it would be helpful to list which plants I have planted so far (If I can remember them all!).

*-Doing significantly well from what I can tell so far.

*Lettuce (Many varieties, ask for more info)

Kale-Winterbor

Swiss Chard- Bright Lights, Ruby Red

*Alyssum-wonderland copper, deep purple

African Daisy

* Petunia

Pansy

Parsley- darki, Italian Flat Leaf

Strawberries

Tomato

Iceplant-harlequin

Dianthus- Pinks

Mustard

Chinese Cabbage- Joi Choi

I have planted a lot more I just can't remember what they are. I will update this tomorrow after I pay the wall another visit. :-) And I will continue to update you on which plants thrive.

I think the dirt is mostly settled on the first wall. We have figured out that if we water it in 30 minute increments periodically during the day that it will settle quickly. I am hoping that by this weekend the second wall will be completely ready for planting. After the last catastrophe, I have decided that I would rather wait a little longer than risk the wall's hunger for more parsley. :-) Feel free to comment with any questions or suggestions you may have. This is a learning experience for me and for everyone else.