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Trimming parsley

4 May 20166 Apr 2016 by Mike (tfb)
Trimming parsley

Parsley, curly and flat-leaf, overflows its 72-cell plug sheet. Time to trim it back (again), so they still fit under the lights. To be unfussy and safe, a quick shear of only 2-3″ off the top literally takes a few … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Farm lab (research!), Seed & Seedlings Tags plug sheet, seedling, parsley Leave a comment

Seedlings start here

18 Mar 2016 by Mike (tfb)
Stacked 72-cell plug sheets

Staring up close at a stack of 72-cell plug sheets in webbed trays. Exactly where most of the transplant seedlings around here get started…!… Read the rest

Categories Seed & Seedlings, Tools Tags plug sheet, seedling Leave a comment

New plug sheets

8 Apr 20138 Apr 2013 by Mike (tfb)

Picked up a small shipment of new plug sheets and webbed trays at the post office. I really stretch ’em out, have some going for years—they’re reusable, but not incredibly tough, especially when you take them into the field for … Read the rest

Categories Seed & Seedlings, Tools Tags plug sheet, Spring 5 Comments

Seeds still work!

18 Mar 2010 by Mike (tfb)
Red Globe onions emerge

If you’re journaling your gardening seasons, on paper, online, or simply in your head, you just HAVE to take note of the very first seedlings to emerge. Of course, you can’t actually catch the VERY first one, unless you’re kind … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Seed & Seedlings Tags seed, onion, seedlings, plug sheet, Winter 26 Comments

1440 onions

13 Nov 202315 Mar 2010 by Mike (tfb)
1440 onions

I’m sure I’ve taken this photo before, but somehow, it’s still new—the first transplants of the season! This is the look of 1,440 onions, starting out. These are 72-cell plug sheets, and the plan is to multi-plant four onions in … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Seed & Seedlings, Tools Tags thermometer, seedling room, seed, transplant, onion, light rack, plug sheet, Winter 7 Comments

Seeding as we go…

13 Nov 202321 Mar 2009 by Mike (tfb)

It’s spring! The ground is clear, hasn’t snowed in a while, but it’s still cold, and the tiny farming action remains mainly indoors. We’re steadily filling up the racks (here, Lynn populates a plug sheet with Red Russian kale; under … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Seed & Seedlings, People Tags seed, parsley, kale, onion, experiments, plug sheet, Lynn, Spring 7 Comments

Plug sheets, get ready!

22 Nov 202327 Feb 2009 by Mike (tfb)

It’s getting near that time when a whole lotta seed gets started—company is on the way for the onions and parsley! I’m still sorting and setting up around here, doing a bit of this and a bit of that every … Read the rest

Categories Seed & Seedlings, Tools Tags plug sheet, moving, Winter 8 Comments
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