Update 3/25/2022 Time to transplant

Bright green lettuce seedlings that are almost ready to transplant. We will plant these deeply on Monday if the weather allows.

If all goes well, we will transplant seedlings on Monday. I hope we can start at 5PM and work until the sun sets. If the weather cooperates, it will be a cool evening followed by a couple of warm afternoons and maybe some rain later in the week. This will be just right for seedlings. And according to the “Tennessee Home Fruit and Vegetable Garden 2022 Calendar” Monday, March 28 at 5PM is the early transplant time for cabbage and broccoli in East TN.

If you want to learn more about seedling planning and hardening off of seedlings, you can read “Garden Planning, Plant Preparation and Planting”. Kiersten has done a good job meeting the seedling preparation requirements.

Monday 3/28/2022 work plan:

—transplant lettuce and greens

—weed areas that have not been weeded.

—Fork bed #6

Probably we will not have much time for anything else.

Last Monday we had a large crew working from 5-7PM:

We hoed and forked the south edge bed.

We forked beds 1, 2, and 4.

We hand-weeded the cilantro and the onions.

We planted some onion bulbs by the cilantro and among the peas.

We finished installing the row cover on bed #5.

All present: Maisie, Martha, Walter, William, Kathy, Kiersten, Father Pontian, Deacon Sega, and Jason

Special Thanks to Janice Klein for working on the Limelight Hydrangea. Here is a before and after:

Kiersten and George continue to care for seedlings. The above pictures show some basil, tomatoes, and peppers that we will hopefully transplant in late April or early May.