For the past week, I had been pondering how to create a warm hoophouse to begin our germination process. I started clearing one area of the garden to make room for a new structure and was moving some of the seed flats that we built last week. I put the flats on top of one of the compost piles and immediately realized that's where the seed flats ought to be. It made sense as we have four full compost bins with temperatures ranging from 90 to 140 degree!
We leveled all four piles to accommodate as many flats as possible and covered the piles with black plastic to retain the heat.
Three flats fit perfectly over the width of the piles.
We started building mini hoop house with 1"x1" recycle lumber (that was donated earlier that day, thank you Kevin!), thick gauge wire and plastic.
Brian, engineering our mini hoop houses
Voila! We'll be able to set 21 seed flats on the 4 warm compost piles = 10,000 plants
Just a few days ago, I was talking with friends and mentioned my curiosity about the influence of a healthy compost pile on a neighborhood. What kind of resonance do millions of bacterias making soil have on our psyche, evolution and creativity? When I realized yesterday that I could germinate our seeds on top of the warm compost pile, it was a profound confirmation that these billion year-old organisms living in our back yard have all the answers we seek. All we need to do it seems is to put our questions out and be willing to listen...
NEXT GARDEN PARTY
Wed. Feb 22
1:00-4:00pm
(we'll be starting seeds in flats)
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