Still Full

The mats have arrived and been placed, but the shelves are still full. The shelf that has no mats or lights has been covered partly with cilantro, asparagus, parsley and marigolds. I don’t think the cold will bother them and they are growing so fast that they may do just as well without the artificial light. Many of the plants are almost big enough to transplant now. By Good Friday, there will be a problem.

It snowed Friday and turned everything white. My yard actually looked good for a change. Most of Saturday and Sunday were spent in the greenhouse dividing and transplanting. Some cabbage was planted, but the lesson has been learned. One seed per container. The cabbage was not put on a heat mat. It will not germinate well at over 70 degees.

Sunday afternoon things had warmed up and melted off enough that the two sections of privacy fence to hide the lumber pile were installed and the trench for the power and water to the greenhouse was deepened and covered. The fence on the other side of the yard from the garden was started. That will just be a rail fence with no wire. Its purpose is strictly aesthetic. The property line will be planted with fig trees and camellias.



David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/