In a small personal event I've dubbed "farm christmas" John purchased a bunch of things to help us kick start the farm. For many months we've only been a farm of chickens, ducks and quail due to lack of time to dedicate to farming this mountain lot.

These grow bags are very commonly used here in Mexico, just punch a few holes in the bottom, fill with dirt and they work fine to start plants and trees.

This free pack of seeds came with all the stuff, I have already started some of those seeds because the picture shows a really pretty flower.

Much of the dirt in this bin is actually recycled from plants that died. Just remoisten, feed and break it up and it's fine. I leave the roots in because they provide food for the plant later.

These are three pineapple tops cleverly stuffed in my old succulent pot in between planting. I set them there and kept them moist until I was ready to put them in pots.

The thing sticking off is already a fresh root that is forming that I found when I planted them into pots.

All done!

These types of crates are good for container gardening with, especially with things like radishes and carrots.

So I filled it to the top with more soil and watered it well.

Testing this Mexican brand of radishes. It's a variety I recognize from the states under a different name.

Not totally sure why but just about all the seeds I've purchased from this company have been dyed, these a metallic pink. There's not much available in stores like Walmart or Home Depot for exotic or even organic seeds, you've got to search online for those and Mexican distributors do exist if you know where to look.

I planted them hexogonally, which you can see is a bit different from actual row planting. It economizes space and actually allows the plants to better become green mulch for the soil once they're big enough, which will actually reduce the need for water.