drivepirate
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Tonight I dug out the seed packets to talk with the wife and decide what seeds to start. Wow! I have about 40 packets of seeds from the last 3 years. I have 4 general types of seeds. 1: Herbs. 2: Hot summer sow indoor (tomato, eggplant, peppers, corn). 3: Cool weather direct sow (lettuce, kale, radish, carrot, spinach). 4: Middle of the road direct OR indoor (zucchini, cucumber, pea, beans, beets, squash).
I realized a pattern. Every year I get a late start because I don't start thinking about planting until the soil dries enough to break up the clay clumps. That means that it's a little too late for the cool weather direct sow stuff and too late to start the hot summer sow indoor seeds. So we end up planting the mid range stuff directly in the ground and buying the hot weather stuff to transplant. Then in the late summer we direct sow some cool weather stuff.
My problems are that I'm missing a spring crop and spending too much on the summer crop.
Solutions? Fix the soil so that I can work it earlier? Make a plan for healthy indoor starts using a grow light? Buy a calender?
I realized a pattern. Every year I get a late start because I don't start thinking about planting until the soil dries enough to break up the clay clumps. That means that it's a little too late for the cool weather direct sow stuff and too late to start the hot summer sow indoor seeds. So we end up planting the mid range stuff directly in the ground and buying the hot weather stuff to transplant. Then in the late summer we direct sow some cool weather stuff.
My problems are that I'm missing a spring crop and spending too much on the summer crop.
Solutions? Fix the soil so that I can work it earlier? Make a plan for healthy indoor starts using a grow light? Buy a calender?