Lots done this weekend, despite a super-busy week for me with both work and socializing. Followed it up with a busy weekend full of farm chores and seedlings! Yay.
The greenhouse is not yet done, but it is serviceable, so we moved four seed trays out into it. They are under lights but not on heat mats. We rigged up a rack to hold four 48-inch light fixtures, and each end can be raised and lowered independently, so we can have older, taller plants at one end and younger at the other end. I moved the two Meyer lemon trees and one fig tree from the laundry room, where they overwintered, to the greenhouse, and also brought the two blueberry bushes in. All the above are in buckets. Then with the new space on the inside seedling shelves, we started one whole tray of onions, one with lots of leeks and lots of parsnips, and one with a whole bunch of random things, including cabbages, sunflowers, Imperial Star artichokes, and more. I also stuck a row of Mexican Strain tomatillos in the tray that got tomatoes last week, since that tray is on a heat mat and the others aren’t.
Meanwhile, Garth prepped the beds that were tomatoland last year and got ready to put hoophouses on them. Four rows mixed radish seed, four rows Olympia Hybrid spinach, three rows red carrots (Red Samurai), three rows purple carrots (Purple Haze), four rows orange carrots (Mokum). And then we set out the last of the Feb 21 greens, mostly chard and some kale, and also some of the bigger lettuces from the same date.
Upcoming this week is planting potatoes, more peas, getting another table and bank of lights in the greenhouse, and starting to prepare for ducklings (April 15) and turkey poults (early May).
And prepare for americaunas on the eighth, don’t forget!
Spring is busy.
Looking good! You guys are awesome. So on top of everything. I felt lucky to plant some seeds and take my seedlings for their first walk outside this weekend. sheesh!