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Monday, April 21, 2014

Lettuce Plant!

I got up and waited to see if the overcast day would turn into a nice one so that I could pull my seedlings out into the sun. They haven't seen the sun in 3 damn days. (Does anyone know that reference?) Around noon, I went to the sunroom opened the door and it was warm! 

I started pulling the plants out then decided to fill the deep mid-box and the far upper left corner box with what soil we did have. I didn't think the runoff would be so bad but soil and compost are two very different things. I could barely fill those 2 boxes with the 3 very large bags of soil I bought but I accomplished it with some leftover organic soil and veteran compost. 

Then I did the most exciting thing; I planted the radish seeds, I'd soaked, and the lettuce seedlings! They are both cool weather plants so I trusted that considering the weather I'd be okay. After planting I needed to water. Well it turns out the shower cap on the hose was broken. I didn't know this until after it soaked me. I quickly ran I turn off the hose and remove the cap. I had to bend the hose to get past the seedlings (unplanted sunbathing lot) without drowning them, then let it loose and watered. I decided because it was only noon and pretty warm that the seedlings would need a little drink. I sprayed the cardboard pots. That should do the trick since they haven't gotten sun in awhile. 

Finally, I raked up some leaves and ran inside a pure wet mess. 

Before planting.
Planted. The square behind the lettuce plants has the radish seeds tucked away asleep but hopefully waking under the soil. 

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