Now I can see The Spring!

The weather is getting better, I am so excited!

So it is official spring clean-up time.


The daffodils bed before

 ... and after!

Now I see they are alive.

I also cleaned some leaves, pruned some shrubs.....oh, so much to do!

I also worked on seed mats with morning.
I marked the board with 2x2 and 3x3. I do not like the idea to use glue, I just divided paper towel in 2 pieces and sprayed the first one,

 Those are radish seeds, I have many Asian variety to try this year.
Than I cover them with second part of paper towel and sprayed again.
Folded, put a name an stored in closed contained!

I believe radishes with germinate in 2-3 days, carrots probably later.

Kale and others update

On Jan.21  I transplanted some blue dwarf kale,
they are doing well, getting stronger, evryone has 4 true leaves.

They all now under the grow lights.

 Today I also transplanted 11 new redbor kale, I hope they will catch up.

 Asian greens under the grow light.

 Baby rutabaga

 On 1/2/2013 – I started some peppers, earlier than last year. Sweet banana, Ca wonder, Ca wonder orange, Carnaval, Giapponele. 
Last year I started them at the end of February and they all was too small.

 Turnips purple top

 Lettuce mix

DYI Grow Light under $20

Last year I did not have grow lights an some of my seedlings were leggy. So I decided to give me and my little friends a present - grow light!
Instead of buying an expensive grow light kit I found-

1 - Lithonia Lighting 2-Light White T8 Fluorescent Residential Shop Light $12.97

2 - Philips Daylight Deluxe 40-Watt Linear Fluorescent Light Bulb (2-Pack) $6.97

As you see the total is 19.94

 This is my basement, on the photo the room is darker than in real life. The lamp has a cord so I did not have to wire or make other difficult installations.
there also chains to hang the lamp, I only needed 2 hooks.

The whole process took about 10 minutes, I am thinking about getting another one.

This is my radish all white - long but strong legs and healthy plants.

 There are my turnips that I started without lights 2 weeks ago, they looks week and leggy, but I hope they will be better.

Peppers under the light! I wish them to be really big and healthy before garden transplanting.