I am huge advocate for recycle, reduce, and re-use and I stayed true to my beliefs with my first seedling plantings of the season. I found some old refrigerator drawers in my neighbors yard and made my own seed starter soil mix from leaf mold, chicken manure compost, wood ash and spent top soil. This is only day three and some seedlings have sprouted! Yay! Doesn't look like much but these little sprouts are wonderful!
I've planted 5 varieties of tomatoes, okra, corn, radish, onions, pumkins, cucumbers, Marigolds, Purple Hull peas, greenbeans. And this is only round one.
My method of seed planting is to make seed tape using newspapers strips, cornstarch mixed with water for paste and spread it on the strips. Place the seeds on top and plant. Next week I will do a tutorial on how to do the seed tape.
The bigger seeds such as the beans and corn, I place directly in the dirt.
More updates to come!
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