with the garden on campus underway i turned my attention to the backyard project which is a sort of extention/oontrol of the campus garden because, among other things, there are minimum quantities to orders and limited room at iun...i assmbled the third of four raised beds that will be in use this season back there from the lumber i got for father's dat last year ( adult children indulging their father's increasing eccentricity is probably what you'd get if you asked them why they bought dad 2 X 12s) and planted turnips and spinach from the same batch of seeds i used earlier today...the forth bed will be for the red nordalnd potatoes that should arrive early next month...then i can rotate potatoes around the three new beds ( the forth is filled with perennials like chinese yams and jerusalem artichokes which are permanent residents) to control the build-up of pests and diseases that impact potatoes so regularly.
the adjustments to the grow light and watering schedule seem to have paid of in healthier seedlings...i potted four more seeds that had germinated this morning, so there are ten trees down there right now...i think i will hold off on germinating any more seeds until i see how this works out...if all ten take hold i will be hard pressed to find homes for them as it is...a busy day in the gardens...but productive i think...and while i am deeply interested in things like the sutainability of agriculture beyond petrochemical inputs and the impact that industrial agriculture has on soil on a number of levels form sterility to erosion ( both of which i will be returning to periodically...i have plans for my camera and my trusty corn field...a better photo essay on grass morphology for instance...especially if the teosinte pans out) it was really good to DO something.
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