Monday, February 9, 2009

Watching the seeds grow...Feb. 9, 2009


Tomato seedlings (18 varieties) are up and growing... A few cells haven't come up but most are up - can't wait to see how the different varieties do. Thought this would be a year of experimenting in heirloom varieties, different organic fertilizers and different mulches... will keep a journal and try to dtermine which do best in my zone 7 hot and humid summers in raised beds.

Found a storm door on Freecycle.org in my area and created a makeshift cold frame to protect the collard babies while they hardened off. So far they have come through 18 degrees and 2 inches of snow followed four days later by a 70 degree weekend... can anyone spell climate change? Moved some out to the raised bed since we need to make room for more seedlings in the *cold frame*.



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