Seedling Progress week 4!

Seeds are making such great progress in their 4th week of life. We have a little over 200 seedlings consisting of 7 varieties of tomatoes, cucumbers, chiles, bell peppers, marigolds, and lavender. Of course we will be direct sowing some more items once construction of the raised beds are finished. We will have pease, green beans, collards, kale, beets, carrots, tons of lettuce and spinach, and watermelons.

The seeds really shot up all at once, and since we sowed two seeds per cell for many of the varieties, we had to thin quickly. The germination success rate for the seeds was great and it is looking as if the garden will be quite bountiful.  

Construction of the beds is scheduled for April 19th with a couple of the guys and myself doing the work.  In all we are planning on 1-8x4 bed and 8-4x4 beds. We like the manageable size of the 4x4's and the larger bed will house the bulk of our salad vegetables.  All in all, progress is good and we're excited!

Plant sale for fundraising is coming up. If you're in the DC area and like what we're doing, stay tuned!