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Let’s plant our Spring Seedlings!

Posted:4/27/14
Updated:4/19/14

Well we had a storm scare but the garden is officially up and running! Our hearty Spring vegetables have been planted marking this the official start of the gardening season!  

On April 1 we planted all of our broccoli, cauliflower, pak choi, onion, kale and lettuce seedlings which just sprinkled the empty garden with green! I love this time of the year where you watch the empty garden transition into a green wonderland, cheering on every single seedling to grow big and strong!    When we transition the seedlings into Spring we always spend a few days to harden them off, and then we spend one long afternoon planting everyone in their new home. 

With your instructions for how to build a container and how to plant a raised bed garden box all read already (I hope!), alongside your seeds you’ve been growing for months (you have been, right?) then we’re ready to push the garden into Spring and wait for baskets full of harvest!

First let’s say hello to our baby garden beauties (aka the seedlings).

First, we have our 12 broccoli seedlings! 
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_5

Oh they’re just adorable when they’re so little.
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_6

Then we have our 12 cauliflower seedlings, equally as cute (of course).  Note that they are in sets of 4 as we will grow 4 plants in each container.
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_7

Then we have 6 kale plants which I always get so excited to watch grow.   We’ll be planting these in the long container but I’m spoiling the pictures below by telling you this already.
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_8

Well, we were only going to grow 4 lettuce plants but we ended up with 8 because we couldn’t kill of any of the seedlings.  We are horrible at killing off seedlings, it hurts our feelings so bad.
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_9

There’s a ton of onions, so many I forget.
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And there’s 6 pak choi plants which are just gorgeous with their purple and green colors!
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_11

Now let’s take a look at each as we plant…

Hi broccoli.  Are you as amazed as I am to know a little seed turns into this which turns into a full plant producing a giant head of broccoli?  I’m like a broken record about this but it’s just really special to think about this and watch them grow.
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_12

Broccoli baby, you are growing to grow so big!
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_13

Cauliflower you guys are going to grow big too!  When planting, we cut 4 X’s in the plastic and then plant in them.
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_14

Broccoli and cauliflower is all planted!
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In the first few weeks when we’re unsure of the nights might get too cold we’ll keep them under the greenhouse.  We always put filled water bottles inside the greenhouse.  The water bottles will warm up with the sun during the day, keeping the warmth to last through the night heating up the seedlings.
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_16

The kale was planted next to it’s 6 older brother kale plants.  We found that the kale grows much better in this long wooden container than in a plastic container so we’re going back to that this year.  This box is located in front of a big wall so it helps keeping them in shadow during the Summer, keeping the roots cooler.
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_17

The onions are always crazy looking. Each long green piece is a onion, so we have to separate them all to grow individually.   To do this you just carefully shake them out, while gently (!) pulling it away.  After a while you’ll get quick with this, it’s a technique you’ll learn to love! 
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_19

I’m holding what’s going to be about 6 onions just between my fingers.  Awesome, right?
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_18

Onions are planted!  There’s 2 batch of them this year, but here’s one of them.  In the back of this box 2 rows of sugar snap peas are growing.
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_20

Lettuce is planted! Off to the left some carrots will grow and to the back more sugar snap peas! This is going to be a happy box!
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_21

Now I just have to figure out what I’m going to do with 8 lettuce plants…!
Seedling Planting Spring 2014_22

High 5 garden boy, now our garden is ready to grow! (We don’t plan on matching.. I swear!)
Long day of rooftop farming. Also we don't plan on matching, it just happens. #vegetables #healthyeating #garden #gardening #urbanfarming #urbangarden #containergarden #harvest #brooklyn #couple #gardenchat #farmer #rooftopgarden

Have you planted your seedlings yet?

 

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  1. Cindy @ Pick Fresh Foods says

    April 30, 2014 at 12:15 am

    Geez, your plants are so much bigger than mine. Haha These all look so beautiful! I love when everything starts to grow. I’m still lagging way behind you. We just had snow again today, so I’m keeping my babies indoors until the fear of freezing comes again.

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  2. Sophie says

    April 29, 2014 at 4:39 am

    Yeahhh! What wonderful smaller plants! They look very healthy too!

    Yum yummy plants for later on the Season! yeah!

    Reply
  3. Emma @ Fork and Good says

    April 28, 2014 at 7:05 am

    This is very exciting to me – we’re just making our garden into a growing space and I’m so overwhelmed by it all. I’ll have to keep reading this for inspiration!

    Reply
  4. Amy (Savory Moments) says

    April 28, 2014 at 6:49 am

    Yay! We started a bunch of seeds a couple weeks ago and a few pots of herbs. We have a lot of tomatoes, romanesco, radishes, and lettuces sprouting. 🙂

    Reply
  5. cheri says

    April 28, 2014 at 1:30 am

    You guys really got it together in the planting world, last year I purchased most of ours at the nursery. But gardening on a roof in the middle of a huge city, that’s remarkable.

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  6. [email protected]'s Recipes says

    April 28, 2014 at 12:03 am

    Love pak choi plants!! You are so good at gardening, Pamela.

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  7. Shashi @ RunninSrilankan says

    April 27, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    I wish I was bad at killing seedlings! Unfortunately I managed to kill nearly half my seedings when transitioning them from indoors to outdoors- before even planting! You guys are amazing – cannot wait to watch yalls veggies grow!

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  8. Debra says

    April 27, 2014 at 7:41 pm

    I heart your seedlings!

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  9. miss messy says

    April 27, 2014 at 5:36 pm

    Yayyy exciting times! I wish I had a garden 🙁 can’t wait to see them all later this year!

    Reply
  10. Laura @ Lauras Baking Talent says

    April 27, 2014 at 5:23 pm

    How fun! Love all your garden posts. We planted carrots and radishes this weekend…. Peas and spinach are starting to peek through 🙂

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  11. Katie says

    April 27, 2014 at 4:41 pm

    I just spent all morning planning my garden layout! I’m adding a third 4×8 raised bed and converting some of my flower garden space to veggies. I’m also trying otu the square foot garden method, so I’m hoping things this summer are OFF THE HOOK.

    Sadly, it is still much too early to put seedlings out here, but I’ve got a lot of them growing inside!

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