Today was my first day back on the farm. Well, back at Claire's house, anyway. She has a large hoophouse in her back yard where all the plants get their start. To start our day, we made soil mix by mixing compost, peat, sphagnum moss, perlite, and soil amendments. We filled around 100 starter trays and then seeded tray after tray. Today we did broccoli, cauliflower, kale, lettuce, cucumbers, and basil. We also up-potted tomatoes by moving the tiny seedlings from a free starter tray to individual cells.
Greenhouse work is pretty easy going compared to transplanting, and I couldn't help but think of the many hours we would spend later, bent over and putting each of these seedlings into the ground. My legs hurt just thinking about it! I'd better quit writing and do some yoga.
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