This afternoon…
From the seed box: the zucchinis were getting too big so 4 of them got transplated out of the seed box and into a bed. Grass clippings were added to the soil. Some wire mesh was put over the top so birds don’t scratch around. 1 zucchini seedling remains in the seed box.
The corn (although corn don’t like being transplanted, I thought we’d give it a go) got moved to the back of the zucchinis in the bed. A small pane of glass was put to the windiest side to protect it a little.
2 big rockmelon seedlings from the seed box got moved into a bed, and 2 big watermelon seedlings also got moved.
From the co-op: the baby, baby tomato seedlings we got from the co-op (only a few days after germination) were getting mighty big so they got moved out into the bed with the zucchini. The top half of some empty soft drink 2L plastic bottles have gone around the seedlings to give more humidity and protect from wind. 5 were planted out, and there are 3 seedlings in larger pots remaining.
Grass clippings were added around the sole zucchini that came up from seed planted directly in the bed. It now has flowers.
The cherry tomato has baby tomatoes growing. There are almost flowers on one of the other 4 growing tomato bushes.
Mulched all the backyard trees with lots of straw left over from the strawbaling.
Transplanted the sunflower seedling.
Pulled out the chinese celery and collected some seed. Saw an albino spider hiding among the grass-like stems.
We were very late with all of the seeds – we still have 3 tomato seedlings waiting to be big enough for bed space, some aparagus seedlings and some little watermelon seedlings.
Let’s hope we have enough time to water and that things start growing!
