This afternoon, Brian and I transferred and seeded a bunch of greens. Kale, spinach, mache and arugula all went into their new homes. We transplanted the seedlings which had already been started and seeded a bunch more to fill the containers. For most of these, we left room for more seeds, anticipating more plantings. The spinach, for example, should be planted every two weeks for continuous harvest.
We brought the newly planted containers in for the night - but we'll start hardening them off tomorrow (leaving them outside for increasingly longer periods of time so they adapt to their new environment). We used about an even mix of potting soil and mushroom compost, adding a few shovel fulls of our own soil left over from last year. We weren't too sure about this mix, but wanted plenty of mushroom compost (which is mainly manure) to make sure all our nitrogen-hungry greens were satisfied.
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