Green beans

Our green bean seedlings are so cool & have grown so much in just a few days.

New experiment in propagation

We waited a while to thin the peppers & I decided to see if planting the cut seedlings would create roots.

Hardening off

Our first round of little guys have made their way outside to begin the process of hardening off!

Organized Planning

So, we are officially nerds. We made an Excel spreadsheet to plan out where our transplants go.

April Growth

    

Our corn and tomato plants are at least 5" tall and their stalks our growing thicker under our lights. The sugar snap peas are over 12" and climbing toward the ceiling at an alarming rate!

The hardest part of all this has been the thinning of the plants. It is so hard to see the new growth and then snip it down to just one plant so that it will have enough nutrients to survive.

We have planted our second round of spinach and lettuce. Our new green bean seeds are already bursting open with new life. We will have to thing these soon.

MOBOT Inspiration

I was fortunate enough to get a few days off of work and we decided to have a day trip to the Missouri Botanical Gardens. Besides the daffodils and blossoming trees, we found beautiful lettuces, spinaches, and cilantros growing in their small garden section. I found my new favorite sculptures that I want to try and build for our future farm. Lastly, we stopped off in the Climatron for a walk through the tropical atmosphere of plants and waterfalls.

Count them... one...TWO Reflector hoods!

Okay, so our garden plans continued to expand and we required more light! This time, we are experiementing with the Plant & Aquarium light bulbs offered at Lowes. I haven't gotten around to making the outside beautiful, but the plants seem to be digging the new light!