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This is turning into just a gardening blog. I will have to get on this week and write about something else too. Here is what is happening in our garden this week and Mark's grow light set up. We're still having rain and the broccoli is growing.  The pepper and tomato seedlings are looking good. The lettuce seedlings are small but coming along. This is Mark's grow light set up for seedlings.
 After the seeds germinate he puts them here. He keeps the lights as close to the plants as possible. He has a chain with an "S" hook so he can adjust the height of the lights. You can probably see he used PVC to build this. He uses regular florescent bulbs .He keeps the lights on 12-14 hours a day. You can use more expensive grow lights and not have to put them as close to the plants or keep them on as long. This set up has worked for us. Mark usually chooses cheaper over more convenient. :) Mark waters the plants as needed and feeds them. He uses natural liquid fertilizer from Peaceful Valley called Omega 6-6-6. It contains equal amounts of nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium. He feeds them about every week and a half after they get their secondary leaves.
 I thought you might like to see part of how we fertilize in our garden. This is Mark's portable chicken coop. We move it around in our garden area and the chickens fertilize for us. Mark just built a second one for us. The back open part is where the chickens nest and the eggs are easy to get out.
 We got our strawberry plants in but it will be hard to find a dry time this week to plant them. We will have to coordinate planting them with Mark's work . Also, this week we are watching Mark's dad while his mom is out of town. We won't get much done in the garden this week! |
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