Seed Starting!

Although the muggy weather of the past few weeks may have had us thinking otherwise, Winter is  creeping in! With the New York City estimated frost date at the end of October we had to get our seeds in ASAP to give our precious seedling a fighting chance. 

We started some of our seeds in peat pots and trays, the rest we directly seeded in our clean beds.   

We discussed appropriate crops for this time of year and decided to go with: "Baby Little Finger" heirloom Carrots, Beets, Arugula, Spinach, Onions and some fast growing lettuce mixes. The good people at Crest Hardware in Williamsburg were a great help with gathering last minute supplies- they even had some past due red and green Pak Choy and Oak Leaf Lettuce starts on sale. I couldn't help but rescue them from an uncertain future and I knew that our gardener's nimble hands could revive them. Godspeed little plants!

And lastly, a boring but thorough seed starting video. Just in case you need a refresher...

Our first few days of gardening were spent cleaning out the beds and prepping them for winter crops

We used this opportunity to learn and revisit basic gardening principals of pruning, weeding, seed saving, amending soil and transplanting.

First Garden day of the new school year, looking at what we have to work with