Spring Seedlings

Growing season is well on it's way. 

The heat table is filled to capacity and I've had to move the more cold tolerant seedlings down onto the ground. Most of the greenhouse beds are now planted, they have 5 types of head lettuce, radishes, spinach, turnip, beets, carrots, 3 types of kale and more. Our early tomatoes are now potted up and at least 300 seeds of varied veggies are being started daily. 

The boys had a great time sowing the melons and cucumbers on Wednesday as they were easier to hold being a larger seed. Plus I'm sure the thought of summer watermelon was urging them on. Anthony and Navarre were also as excited as I was to start our edible flowers.

With all these beautiful plants growing it was very stressful dealing with this week's temperatures. During the day both ends of the greenhouse needed to be wide open otherwise the temperature soared above 30 degrees Celcius. Nighttime temperatures dipped well past zero. We lost some plants on Monday and then Wednesday morning had me very concerned at what I would find under the row covers after the major frost. Thankfully there was limited damage and we've resown the ones we have lost so those ones will be set back just a few weeks on the schedule.

Spring is here.