A gray and gloomy, windy day…but WARM. Well, fairly above freezing for the most part, and with a little rain, yesterday’s speeded-up melting continued. But we’re still a ways off from actually doing any work in the field. So, another pretty laid-back day. Lynn came by for her weekly installment of tiny farming. Out in the greenhouse, moving tables around and some hand-watering (those barrels of snow water are coming in handy!). In the Milkhouse, more seed starting: 400 more tomatoes, and a tray of leeks (a little late for this batch, but still better than direct-seeding). For her very first time starting seedlings, Lynn seeded 19 varieties into a 200-cell plug tray (10 each, 20 of one). Clearly, I trust her…accuracy. Working in the tiny cells, changing seed every row, and keeping track of names requires a bit of concentration. A little wandering attention, and who knows what tomatoes would be growing where… Living on the edge! :)
- Seed starting tools
- Seed starting tools II
- Return to the trays
- Seed starting station
- The watering tray
- Bare root seed starting
- Bare root Brussels sprouts
- Editing onions, counting peppers
- Seeding as we go…
- Early spring rounds
- Plug sheet action
- True leaves
- Seedling treatment
- Grow racks in action
- Jostling tomatoes
- Seedlings continue to grow…
- Getting busy
- Grow racks at night
- 1440 onions
- To the greenhouse
- Seedlings away!
- More seedlings to the greenhouse
- Greenhouse filling up
- Early lettuce heats up
i recently had interest in gardening so i started with simple tomatoes. out of several dozen seedlings, only 2 survived. and after 2 months of waiting 1 plant has 3 fruits.
is it really worth waiting for 2 months for 3 tomatoes?
i have spent $1 for soil, $1 for fertilizer and the 3 tomatoes would caist 1 cent each at the groceries…
I think it’s worth it considering the varities and quality you can get by growing it yourself. I tried to plant tomatoes for the first time this year and haven’t had any success but being a newbie I know I will learn and get better. In the meantime my bean plants make me feel good because they are doing great.
jim: Well, it’s probably worth trying again. Talk to someone who grows near you, do a little research. It’s fun when you succeed. Nothing beats eating food you grew yourself!! And you never know when you may have to do some of your own growing… ;)