Photo below - here's the first 6 compost bins just sitting there doing their own thing. Before turning the piles, I really want the ingredients in each to compact a bit, so have put heavy bags of leaves on top for weight. Reason? A full bin is almost impossible to turn in place, but a pile that has shrunk a little bit allows room in each one so that the ingredients won't spill out as it's turned. Maybe after a month or two, they'll be ready to turn, because the piles are pretty cold right now, and I like for them to stay pretty hot.
Photo below - The carrots growing in the little greenhouse are still doing well, but have yet to form any nice sized roots. Perhaps a little bit of fertilizer will be added within the next week, because in 2 months they'll have to go - ready or not. That's when the large tomato transplants will take their place, and it's possible that some of the tomato transplants will be in gallon containers by then. I bet a 12" tall Cherokee Purple plant growing in a gallon container would go for about 5 bucks at least, and a few transactions like that would certainly help on the propagation costs....
In other news, we awoke to a new blanket of snow on Wednesday morning, and that's the 4th time this winter it's snowed at our house. Quite frankly, I don't like it one bit! Having been a Refrigeration Service Technician for the world's largest industrial refrigeration company a few years ago allowed me to see enough snow in the states all of you live in - and I hated it...hehe..So, I hope it doesn't happen again this year.....
Also, tomato seeds will be carefully placed into their little germination containers this weekend - finally kicking off the gardening season for me. I look at it as being a teenie weenie garden..hehe...The biggest propagation system has been prepped for the arrival of about 100 new babies sometime during the first of next week, and I look forward to tending to the little fellas. Oh, and the rope light under sand raises the temperature inside the propagation system by 8 degrees - which was quite unexpected.....Needless to say, i'm very happy about it!
Lastly, i'm hoping that the weekend allows me to work on a few construction projects outside, but my services are usually in high demand on the property for other things/people. Oh well, at least boredom is never an issue....
Take care, and happy gardening!
EG
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You'd get a lot more than $5 here in the Boston area. Before my favorite greenhouse closed down (and I had to start growing my own seedlings again because I didn't like the variety or quality of the others in the area), I occasionally bought the 4.50 tomato in 4"x4" containers. The bigger containers cost a lot more than that, but I was too cheap to get those.
I definitely relate to the pacing the floors during the month of January. I always dream up some project to do - just to keep me from going nuts with cabin fever.
You still sound pretty busy to me. All that planning going on. Your little greenhouse seems to be doing well.
Lucky my MIL starts all our tomatoes for us and saves us tons of money.
LOL...free time, caught up and not busy are words we do not know at our house.
More snow for you? It has been quite a strange winter. I hate not being able to putter around the yard this time of year. As soon as the snow melts I have some pruning and compost bin building to do.
Boy I think that I have my first case of cabin fever!! Spring cannot get here soon enough!
Your carrots certainly look happy in their little greenhouse :)
I look forward to seeing your tomato set up this season! Good luck with the selling! I agree with Daphne, I bet you could get more than $5 for them, but you'll certainly sell them at that price!
We have had way more than our share of snow this year too! I am quite honestly over it and ready for spring and gardening too!
Nice use of an old jib crane. I've been wondering how you turn your bins. How do you turn the other 4 or 5 bins you keep?
Heirloom plants are quite pricey here. That's why I start all my plants from seed. Your compost bins look awesome. Mine are covered with snow.
Wow! We missed the last round of snow here, but we're in the 60's this weekend which is a much appreciated respite.
I took a page from KitsapFG's book and started my tomato seeds when she did, so I too have seeds germinating! Can't wait to move them up to the light system. Nowhere near as fancy as your chamber, but it works for me.
Going to have to find a good pic of your greenhouse to see if I can duplicate it here. One, even a temporarly one, could come in handy for our crappy weather.
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