On this, the first day of spring, there is little evidence of the half foot of snow we got just three days ago. With the snow melted, the neighbors got together this week to transplant seedlings from trays into pots, and move them into the hoop house. We started with an overgrown tray, also our very first tray--spinach, bok choy, and lettuce--planted about six weeks ago. We also moved into the hoop house some artichoke pots and a tray of onions from February. The hoop house is beat up from the winter, but it is still functional. It saw 80 degrees inside at nine o'clock this morning with outside an outside temperature in the low 40's. Thinning the seedlings today yielded the first salad bowl of baby greens. Before dinner we planted a tray of okra, beets, and bell peppers; and another of spinach, lettuce, and mustard greens.
Left to right: first seedlings in hoop house;
first bowl of lettuce; and young squash plants
thriving under grow lights.
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