My seedlings are growing, we've had some warm days, and I'm itching to play in the dirt! I love spring planting time; we've kept ourselves busy indoors and out as we dreamed of warmer - and longer - days.
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| Our kitchen growing center consists of bargain rack and shelves from Home Depot, with inexpensive grow mats and humidity tent from Indoor Gardening Supplies.com. |
On the rack, above: collards, broccoli raab, red mustard, arugula, blue kale, Tuscan black kale, calendula, borage, and lettuces. All of these seedlings are cold-season plants that will be happy outdoors soon after Spring Equinox.
OUTDOORS:
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| Our perennial onions get a head start at the end of winter with greenhouse plastic over PVC hoops. Next week, we'll start harvesting green onions from this bed.
Onions are high in vitamins and phytonutrients for immune-boosting and detoxifying benefits. Perennial Walking Onions are super easy to grow and multiply quickly; we started this bed 2 years ago with a single clump purchased at the farmers' market.
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Chives grow quickly in late winter weather under an overturned
aquarium, my substitute for an expensive glass cloche.
Chives are high in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that promote heart and bone health and fight cancer. Once established, perennial herbs such as chives are very easy to grow and can be long-lived. Ours came from my mother's garden, and were started by my grandmother nearly 40 years ago.
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