First Step in Wedding Preparation!
Special arrival today! As we dig ourselves out of the snow....A box full of thousands of seeds ordered from GeoSeed is in the mail. Been picking out the best variety of annuals for us to grow on the front acre, all of which are suitable for use in bouquets and decoration for the wedding (Oct 10) I will be planting new types in 2 week successions. These babies are going to be started in our garage bathroom under grow lights and from all organic soil mix.
March 10th is the earliest I can start growing indoors.
The setup we have rigged will allow us to start 1600 plants at a time! No containers as we are using the european method - soil block makers, which creates a superior seedling that really take off after transplanting.
More to come with pictures of the setup and step by step instructions.
Flower farming here we come!
Way too many types of flowers to list but here are a few of the varieties:
Dahlias
Zinnias(about 15 types!!)
Larkspur
Lemon Basil (bouquet filler)
Celosia
Asclepias (butterfly weed)
And of Course...Sunflowers! (pollenless hybrids)
Today was one of the first days being outside was tolerable! Sun was out, wind was down and rain held out for the last week. Chris and I got the girls and headed out to evaluate the garden. Things are starting to spring to life. The girls were busy scratching and picking all day and they were not happy about having to come in once the sun went down. When we picked them up they were heavier than normal! Eating bugs and worms all day made them very happy campers. The girls even got to go in the garden.
The compost has been decomposing over the last four months and is starting to look good. Plenty of worms working the soil and I tossed some leaves in so they could break down quicker.
Friday night Chris and I got everything together to create the seedling rack. This will be able to get 1600 seedlings going at a time!! 
Spring Fever has officially started!
