One Alaskans greenhouse

[Alasgun]

Ive grown the “CoastalStar” Romaine for years now, it does well for me up here.
I’ll keep starting these now on into spring and at a point they’ll all go to the greenhouse then into one of the cold frames as the weather moderates. In time i’ll have a roughly structured “rotation” going that will keep us in lettuce thru late fall.

My usual is to sprinkle a dozen seeds on the top of the soil in a #35 pot and lightly scratch them in. 3 weeks later do it again. As they come up i’ll transplant what i need while they are still in the cotyledon stage and i never lose any!

I hammered this teaspoon mostly flat then ground the sides and polished it smooth. It’s about 3/4 wide and extremely handy for lifting small transplants.

Mike

 

[Alasgun]

With winter lingering things will be different once we get going this year, not impossible, just different!
All the garden starts are still being run thru at the prescribed start times so the peculiar part will come when it’s time to move everything from the house to the greenhouse. Once nights are above freezing the Toyo will keep up in the greenhouse and it’s smooth sailing.

For now everything’s doing well so we’ll just keep plodding along with a hopeful attitude.

One up-side to all this is having so many lights on in different places leaves me with room for some fresh eating stuff, until i need the space for start trays. Our own Lettuce and Parsley are always welcome at this time of year!

Tomato’s, Cucumbers, Chard and Broccoli are looking good as well.

Mike