Yesterday was the new moon for February.  That means:  time to start our seed flats.  

 

We start with the cool weather crops:  beets, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, chard, kale, leeks, lettuce, and mustard.  The seeds get sown in flats and put onto heat mats in the basement.  When they germinate, we will put them in 6-packs and get them under the grow lights.  Then in 3-4 weeks we will put them out into the garden.  They don’t mind cool weather, just not COLD.  

 

Then on the new moon in March, we will start tomato, pepper, and eggplant seeds, and put them on the heat mats.  They take 8 weeks before going out into the garden, but it’s the same process:  sow seeds in flats, when they get two sets of true leaves we transplant the seedlings into 6 packs and keep them under the grow lights.  Then in May they will go out into the garden.

 

This is such an exciting time of year for gardeners.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!