March 2019 My Garden Journal Entry

It’s Spring!
We are a ways away from spring blossoms but I forced some bulbs to enjoy indoors.

Hyacinth blossoms

The nasty winter weather has finally broke and we are getting some warm spring days, quickly melting the snow.

The animals (our dog Bruno and cat JJ) are enjoying getting outside and the birds are becoming more active as you can hear in the video below.

The dripping you hear in the video is the sound of me catching the melting snow off the roof in buckets.

One of the first chores I’ll be doing outside is pruning the trees that were damaged by the early heavy snow fall

Amur Maple Tree Bent and Broken by Weight of Snow

Our indoor garden continues to provide fresh greens daily

Fresh Picked Salad Greens from the Indoor Garden

Lettuce Green Onions and Herbs in the Indoor Garden

The fig cuttings rooted and are growing well, also the Banana pup I salvaged from my bug infested banana tree (mother plant was discarded).

Banana Pup

Fig Plants and Cannabis Plants from Cuttings

I use the yellow sticky cards you see in the photo to catch bugs
We harvested our first crop of cannabis plants and now have the cuttings under the grow lights and growing well.

Pepper and Cherry Tomato Seedlings

I’ve got a few pepper seedlings and cherry tomato seedlings started.
I like to get an early start on the Tiny Tim tomato to have as snacking plants on the deck.
I also grow the Tiny Tims with the Pre-K kids for they grow so well in containers and we can send a fruit producing plant home with the kids at the end of the year. Some of these seedlings are backups for the Pre-K in case something happens to their plants.

Testing Seed Germination of Older Seeds in Shallow Trays on Heat Mats

I have some older seeds that I planted in these shallow trays to test the germination. If they sprout I dub them into separate pots – this saves space on the heat mat.
So right now I have tomatoes, peppers and celery started.
Next on my list to start is parsley then broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage.
I start my cucumbers and squashes indoors too, to get a jump on the growing season.
Then April I can start some sowing outdoors.

See the whole series of the Gardening for Food Security Indoor Gardening Project:

Part 1 - https://steemit.com/gardening/@porters/gardening-for-food-security-indoor-gardening-new-project-beginning

Part 2 - https://steemit.com/gardening/@porters/gardening-for-food-security-indoor-gardening-new-project-beginning-part-2

Part 3 - https://steemit.com/ecotrain/@porters/gardening-for-food-security-indoor-gardening-project-part-3-the-experiment-worked

Part 4 - https://steemit.com/ecotrain/@porters/video-tour-gardening-for-food-security-indoor-gardening-project-part-4

Part 5 - https://steemit.com/ecotrain/@porters/why-i-brought-my-gardening-indoors-indoor-gardening-project-part-5

Part 6 - https://steemit.com/dsnapx/@porters/gye4b7sv

Part 7 - https://steemit.com/ecotrain/@porters/gardening-for-food-security-indoor-garden-project-part-7-a-walk-thru-and-making-cuttings

Part 8 - https://steemit.com/dtube/@porters/k4yhd5b7

Part 9 - https://steemit.com/dtube/@porters/5x0x3oz7

Part 10 - https://steemit.com/dtube/@porters/g8xh0kq2

Part 11 - https://steemit.com/ecotrain/@porters/lessons-learned-in-my-gardening-for-food-security-indoor-garden-project-part-11

This is my entry to Hive account@simplymike ‘s SteemIt Community Garden Journal Challenge

All pictures were taken with my Canon Powershot A495

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