The Month of April was a good one.
April 17, 2016:
Starters have way out grown their container. I am finally getting around to transferring them into a larger 72 cell tray. While doing this I realized I didn’t actually comprehend how much I planted. Everything grew pretty well except the red oak leaf lettuce didn’t sprout. Also because I waited to long, a lot of the plants are stringy. Yuk!
April 21, 2016:
Today I planted the second batch of seeds…
KALE: Red Winter (s2011), Dinasaur (s2010), Dwarft Blue Curled (s2011)
COLLARDS: Georgia (s2010)
BUSH BEANS: Dragon Tongue (s2013), Black Turtle (s2010), Blue Lake 274 (s2015)
CUCUMBERS: Countryfair (s2015), Straight 8 (s2013), Spacemaster 80 (s2013)
BROCCOLI: Raab Rapini (s2015)
OKRA: Clemson Spineless 8 (s2010)
ZUCCHINI: Dark Green (s2013), Golden (s2015), Black Beauty (s2013)
SWISS CHARD: Ruby Red (s2011), Flamingo (s2011), Fordhook Giant (s2011), Bright Lights (s2011), Bright Canary (s2015), Cardinal (s2015)
CELERY: Tall Utah (s2011)
MUSTARD GREENS: Red Giant (s2010)
LETTUCE: Gourmet Mix (s2012), Mild Mescluin Mix (s2011), Green Romain (s2015), Dark Lolla Rossa Red Leaf (s2015), Susan Green Oak (s2015)
PEAS: Sugar Daddy (s2010), Fordhook (s2013), Progress #9 (s2010)
Finally my vision is complete. I have all my starters growing all on one shelving unit.
April 22, 2016:
Expanded my indoor growing today! I added a few more shelves on the 2 other windows that get good sunlight. I also constructed them with grow lights…
So excited to have fresh herbs right in my kitchen: thyme, cilantro, dill, basil, parsley & oregano.
I wrapped each grow shelve with a tapestry to help keep the light from blinding us. Keeps a lot of the light in. Serves as a great night light. 😉 I just used yarn to tie the tapestry up on each side.
Can’t wait until the stores carry house plants. I vision an ivy plant on the top shelf.
Wonderful lettuce from Woods Rose Market.
I planted some celery seeds, never have any luck with them actually growing. Was excited to see these at Town & Country! Might actually have some this summer.
Built these 2 shelves today too.
Rosemary from Woods Rose Market
Regular sage & pineapple sage. This stuff is awesome! Herbs actually has a pineapple scent to them…
April 24, 2016:
Sprouted: Dino Kale, Dwarf Blue Curled Kale, Georgia Collards, Dragon Tongue Bush Beans, Spring Rapini Broccoli Raab, Black Beauty Zucchini
My first batch of starters are growing great.
April 26, 2016:
I noticed that the popsicle sticks I use for identifying my starts are growing a white mold. I replaced all of them with plastic tags.
Sprouted: Country Fair/Straight 8 & Spacemaster 80 Cucumbers, Clemson Spineless Okra, Dark Green & Golden Zucchini, Ruby Red/Flamingo/Bright Lights/Bright Canary & Cardinal Swiss Chard, Red Giant Mustard, Gourmet Mix/Mild Mescluin Mix/Dark Lolla Rossa/Susan Green Oak Lettuce, Sugar Daddy & Fordhook Pea, Black Turtle & Blue Lake 274 Bush Bean, Red Winter Kale, Thyme
Microgreens:
April 29, 2016:
I planted the Chocolate Mint & Orange Mint I bought from Woods Rose Market. Can’t wait to use in smoothies!
The microgreens are so green and beautiful right now.
