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So, it's Thursday March 27 and mildish outside but still a bit chilly, but perfect working in the greenhouse.
With a forecast of some warmer temps tonight and tomorrow I set the timer for the heater for Dusk to Dawn. I began by re-arranging more shelves for the starts I will do today.
Besides heat and extra sun, the greenhouse needs water. Hopefully we can turn hoses on soon. Meanwhile, I'm schlepping water in the cart, three 5 gallon containers at a time with my little garden cart. YIKES that was a heavy pull. I do it at the end of the day so the water has time to warm up by the next day.
Before I do more planting, I want to show you how the new plants are doing from weeks ago. You can see a bit of green here, and a newly planted tray also.
The four railing planters with Veggies are doing great. Onions, radishes, lettuce and more radishes.
Here are some of my Dahlias beginning to sprout...YAY!
This tray of Romaine Lettuce that was planted last week, these will have to be transplanted.
I moved these to a top shelf...more Onions, Radishes and Spinach.
This is a top shelf---Dill is in the middle, and the other pots are Caladiums, and more Dahlias that take forever to come up. I'll be watering them tonight.
The Dinosauers are old sandbox toys, they come in handy to hold down the plastic lids when the windows are open.
This is a scribble log---I know what it says...all entered for 3/27. I also write on the seed packages, bags, where, when and how much I planted and the date.
My dirty work surface. These are bags of seeds squirreled away from plants last year, and sometimes the year before. I started an entire rectangular tray of Petite Marigolds, Red Zinnias, and Tall Marigolds from new/old, and older seeds.
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Seeds saved from RED/Dk PINK Zinnia blossoms last year. These I plant heavy because not every seed will be pollinated.
Last of my Popsicle sticks or Tongue depressors. I have two packs of 50 plastic sticks for when I begin transplanting. I use wax pencil or permanent marker to mark my plant trays.
These are Sunflower heads from the nicest sunflowers I had last year, in a clear doll bag...it almost looks like a watercolor. I may have to try that...love the beige and brown tones.
Until all the shelves are filled with plants...it's a bit chaotic. I clear the shelves with the best light first. This lower shelf area will be perfect for Coleus, eventually I can move the excess planters and pots to another storage shed. But, at this point I just don't know what I'm going to need to do all the transplanting that will begin the second week in April.
My soil bin is becoming depleted. This will be filled with some pots in the yard that have dirt with added peat moss and vermiculite. We are trying to not purchase too much packaged dirt.
We may have a load delivered for the two big planters 4'x8'x2' that will go in the garden, and hopefully with an arched trellis between them.
More containers for planting...the bottom one has Nasturtiums, Cosmos, Zinnas/tall Marigolds. I try to move the lids to the plants first starting.
This long boot tray is perfect for putting large planters on...and is waiting for newly planted containers. I've planted a bunch of everything-mostly flowers today.
Next week we will start the Squashes, large Sunflowers, and begin transplanting the overgrown plants from the kitchen.
WILL I HAVE ENOUGH ROOM?
That is always the question........
Next WEEK: We'll start on the clean up of the Veggie Garden...so Hubby can rototill here and there. I hope to clear the root crop areas and later get the new raised bed planters assembled, the bottoms covered with cardboard and all the debris placed inside, too.
Hubby said the compost pile may be ready for tilling, if we don't get too much rain.
YAY!
How are Your Plants Starts Growing?
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