Spinach

We are pretty sure these plants went to seed, but we are not exactly sure why. I think they are diseased and infecting our beets. Don't know what to do next. I guess we'll look it up and ask around because there's not much left to do. 

My favorite stage!

This is my favorite stage of plant growth. I just love watching the actual seed that was planted to naturally fall off as the newly grown leaves stretch out. 

Seed Trays

These seed trays were a little different than those we have used in the past. They started as little disks. We added 10.5 cups warm water and they expanded upward. The soil is encased in a weird net sort of fabric. You tear it back to reveal the soil. 

We planted more than a few seeds to get our growing started!  We are a little late, but we do have some starts to be transplanted as soon as the beds are ready to go. Hopefully by this weekend. 

It's finally here!!

The 2014 Johnny's seed catalog has arrived!  This, my friends, is the equivalent to the Toys R Us "Big Book" at Christmas time!  NOW you can understand how excited we are! 

Seed and feed

Big trip to the feed store yesterday. I love going to the U District for my farm essentials! People always have such a quizzical look when they hear we go to the heart of the city for feed. It's a great little place with everything from chickens and ducks to coops and bee keeping supplies. I am pretty confident bee keeping is next on the big to do list. Their honey is too enticing to not be next on the list. ;)

You're cramping my style!

These are our giant bags of hay and alfalfa from the seed and feed store. We are limited on trunk space and we don't have a pick up, so this is the obvious solution! The girls don't complain because its only about a 15 minute drive back to the house. I love that you can see them passing books to each other! They're great sports and they understand the importance of both of the bags that sit between them.