Good germination
…display. The third seeding of Spargo spinach (above) is doing very well indeed. Carrots, beets, green onions, chard are all coming along. Most everything is…
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Potato spotting
When you spend a lot of time scanning the ground for the very first sign of germination, you get pretty good at spotting new seedlings…
More on the carrot-burlap method
From the last carrot planting of the year, a new development in the burlap method! The variety is Nelson, and germination in less than a…
Burlap expires
After a nice long ride, the burlap (of the burlap carrot germination method) is finally breaking down, shredding as we fold it up off the…
Carrots: burlap rules
Germinating carrots under a double layer of untreated burlap is the standard now, after last season’s successful trials. Here, a 50′ (15m) bed of Nelson…
More carrots
…and germination. Carrots make skinny little greens when they’re just sprouting, so the burlap comes up right off the beds without ripping out the baby…
Burlap method strikes again!
The carrots-under-burlap germination method is now 3 for 4, with this fine performance: solid rows and almost no weeds! The third attempt failed miserably with…