Howdy Everyone,

So lets talk a little about what I’m planning this year for this blog. I always wanted to try to do 2 post a week, sometimes that doesn’t happen. This is about gardening mainly right now, but eventually I hope to bring other topics in about other ways for you to be self sustaining. My wife seems half way interested in the idea of helping me with the blog, and when it comes to recipes and stuff, she is the one who knows what she’s doing. Better for her to write than my self. I’m also hoping to bring in some podcast, and Vblogs once I can figure out how to edit in windows movie maker.

So Seed Starting

Its the middle of Feburary and so that means in some ways it may already be a little late for thinking about that garden. This past week we’ve had some odd weather, where it was single digits the week before, then this week its been above 60. There are some crops that are best grown in cold climate, like that of spring or fall. Cabbage and Broccoli are 2 of the plants that I just started.

Know What You Are Growing And When To Harvest

This year I’m keeping a notebook for information. I’m tracking when I start a seed and looking over the calender and marking the point when I should be able to harvest that crop. This first batch of cabbage should be done by May 1st, and my broccoli should be ready late April, then it will give off many side shoots.

Not all varieties are the same, if you get a seed packet that doesn’t give much information, look around the net. I bought some seed at a big box store, and ofcourse not much information, so a quick 5 minute internet search and I was good. You can also ask around in gardening communities online.

Starting is Easy

Its not that hard to do. This year I rolled up newspaper around an empty pop can, taped it down to hold its form and filled it with a Jiffy seed starting mix from the big W store. You could use your own compost, which would be even better. I then put the containers into a plastic box I had laying around, added water and put into a window.

Next blog will show pictures on how to do this. I’ll also talk about a gardening method called HugleKultur this week. Well I hope you all have a few good days.

Josh

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