Planting Cool Season Seeds in Our Park Seed Bio Dome!
We got the chance to sit down and plant some of our cool season seeds today in our Park Seed 60 cell Bio Dome!
Category: Seed Starting
Setting Up Our Bio Dome Seed Starting System
We got a 60 cell Bio Dome from Park Seed to try out for some of our seed starts this spring! We’re very excited to try these out as we’ve heard wonderful things about them! Follow along with Carrie as she unboxes her Bio Dome and gets it all set up and ready to plant seeds.
How We Use the Seeding Square to Make Planting Easier For Our Kids
We love using the Seeding Square to plant many of our seeds, especially beans and other plants that we plant very dense.
Check out this video of our kids in action to see how they use it!
Eat Your Thinned Down Seedlings!
When planting indoors we typically place 2-3 seeds in each section to see which one will do the best. We then go back in after they start growing to thin the seedlings down to the recommended space. We use these thinned down seedlings as “microgreens”. Not only are they extremely tasty, but very nutritious as well! Help Your Seedlings Transition Outdoors Before You Transplant by Hardening Off: https://ift.tt/2EUbn6Z See what you need to get started […]
Growing Food in March: The Most Common Plants to Start
March is one of our favorite months of the year. Life is beginning to emerge from the cold of February, and new sprouts are everywhere! In March, we’re starting many things directly from seed outdoors, and continuing to plant new rounds of spring seeds indoorsto transplant later. The climate is different in every location and you can see specific dates for your location using our FREE iOS, Android, and Universal Web App.
Our Favorite Seed Starting Supplies
Starting your own seeds is one of the easiest ways to save money when growing food. You also get a lot more choice over which varieties you can grow since you aren’t limited to what’s typically found in the nursery.
Video: How To Start Your Own Seeds Indoors!
We start a lot of our plants indoors especially in the spring time before our first spring frost. Check out how easy it is to start them in this video!
The Seeding Square Makes Square Foot Gardening Easy!
We are big fans of the Seeding Square for Square Foot Gardening! This device makes it really easy to have consistent plant spacings and to keep everything organized.
The tomatoes are growing up!
Our tomatoes have outgrown their containers that we started them in and now it’s time to transplant them into larger pots until they go out into the garden in a few weeks. I want to wait until night time temperatures are consistently in the 50s before I plant them outside. We’ve had unseasonably warm temperatures this year but you never know when a random freeze is around the corner in Oklahoma! You can go ahead […]