Spring comes early in the nursery
Sowing seeds for spring planting starts in January.
It seems everything needs to be done at the same time. It’s organized chaos, as we’re filling trays with the right soil mix, sowing and labeling trays and keeping track of who needs warmth, who needs light and who wants to be moist and who doesn’t.
Flats of seeds are kept protected and cared for in the green houses until they break through the soil.
Once the seedlings are of good size, they must be potted up into larger containers to grow on for awhile.
Most always its cold, sometimes its raining or snowing when it’s time to pot up the seedlings.
Sometimes this process happens twice or three times as the plants grow larger. Sometimes the weather cooperates and sometimes it doesn’t.
Eventually the young plants will start enjoying the warmth and sunshine and enjoy the spring weather.
The sun and wind is a great benefit as they grow and mature. From here they are ready to find new homes.