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Seed starting

Seedlings in January!

Fri, Oct 12, 2018Mon, Jan 16, 2017
Tomato seeds and plugsheet

The earliest ever tomatoes experiment begins… Parts of the plan include a proven super-early variety, multiple seedling start dates, and the unheated greenhouse!

Categories Farm lab (research!), Seed starting, Veggies

Lettuce landscape

Thu, May 26, 2016
Plugsheets of lettuce

A tiny landscape of lettuces: Especially with the hot, dry weather we’ve been having, you can’t go wrong with a few trays of leaf lettuce seedlings, lending support to the baby greens in the field! Transplanted at 8-10″ spacing, lettuces …

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Categories Seed starting, Veggies

Greens, protected!

Fri, Oct 12, 2018Wed, May 18, 2016
Brassica greens under row cover

Floating row cover, weighed down and made semi-transparent by water, is all that stands between fine young brassica greens and the scourge of the flea beetle. The cover is placed right after seeding, weighed down by rocks every 12.5′ feet, …

Read moreGreens, protected!

Categories Fieldwork, Pests & Disease, Seed starting, Tools, Veggies

More Planet Jr. action!

Fri, May 06, 2016
Planet Jr in action

[From 5 May 2016] The Planet Jr. rides again. Clara learns the way of the antique seeder, having just laid down three rows of Kestrel beets. This old seeder continues to serve well!

Categories Fieldwork, Seed starting, Tools, Veggies

Making salad mix

Tue, Apr 19, 2016Tue, Apr 19, 2016
Combining varieties of lettuce seed for salad mix

Adding a pinch (5g) of fairly pricey Rushmore (a beautifully deep-red oakleaf) to a batch of salad mix. This is the basic all-lettuce summer blend: seven varieties, selected mainly for color (greens to reds), texture (flat to frilly), and to …

Read moreMaking salad mix

Categories Farm lab (research!), Seed starting, Tools, Veggies
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