Cold frame success and sprouting seeds.AVI
The cold frame is working very well. Also vonhismean asked me to talk about my seed sprouting routine.
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The cold frame is working very well. Also vonhismean asked me to talk about my seed sprouting routine.
Hopefl1 Thank you Steve! Up here in the frozen north we have to take
measures if we want to start gardening early. My efforts don’t measure up
to what you’re doing of course but we all do what we can with what we’ve
got.
vention4wh
December 3, 2013 at 3:44 pm
You built a nice looking cold frame and it works!
ln4359
December 3, 2013 at 4:22 pm
nkey01 The sprouting jars seem to work better for beans and the trays work
better for alfalfa. I grew a bunch of alfalfa in the jar the other day and
it just didn’t work as well.
vention4wh
December 3, 2013 at 5:02 pm
So nice to see you making the most of your space. A lot of people think
they cannot do this stuff with no land. You could probably even keep a
couple of rabbits too. There perfect for people who do not have the space
or tolerance for noisy chickens.
Leona Rose
December 3, 2013 at 5:08 pm
nkey01 Sprouting has worked well for me but I want go get into it a bit
more so I ordered 4 more stacking trays that are smaller than the once in
the video. That way I can start sprouts and have a new bunch of them ready
for harvest every other day or maybe even every day. I also want to get 4
smaller sprouting jars so I can grow bean sprouts in progression as well. I
used to buy them at the grocery store but they’d go bad after 3 days.
Growing them in successive batches should work a lot better
vention4wh
December 3, 2013 at 5:56 pm
@nkey01 Cool! I look forward to hearing how it works out for you.
vention4wh
December 3, 2013 at 6:24 pm
You can sprout broccoli and radish seeds too as well as flax seeds. You can
buy whole flax seeds at the health food store in bulk or packaged by the
pound. You can get the broccoli and radish seeds in bulk on the internet or
like I do, a the local feed store who sells garden seeds by the ounce, they
taste really good and add some different flavor than the ones you are
sprouting which are the more traditional but also very good and very
nutritious
Noreens Kitchen
December 3, 2013 at 6:47 pm
ln4359 Thanks! I’m pretty happy with it. If I owned a house I’d have 3 of
them except they wouldn’t be as well constructed. Since I own a condo and
have limited space, I decided to put more time into building the one that I
have room for. “Do what you can with what you’ve got”, That’s my motto.
vention4wh
December 3, 2013 at 7:20 pm
bonzaibb12 I might keep it for a year or so, until I think realestate
prices are finished dropping. It’s going to be a heck of a cool novelty to
have a couple thousand left over each month after all the bills and
expenses are paid. Without having to outrun an interest treadmill, I should
be able to save a lot of money in about a year, easily enough for a down
payment on a house. Then once I’m moved in and comfortable I’ll sell the
condo, dump it into the mortgage and be mostly paid off.
vention4wh
December 3, 2013 at 8:19 pm
Well thanks for the vid. Guess I will have to try to find some of the
sprouting trays. And a good supplier for a larger quantity of sprouting
seeds. I really like the taste of them.
vonhismean
December 3, 2013 at 8:33 pm
nkey01 They should be worth it. Did you get a sprouting tray or are you
going to use the wire strainer method?
vention4wh
December 3, 2013 at 8:46 pm
what kind of fertilizer do you use?
fckuvrymch
December 3, 2013 at 8:50 pm
atticus9799 That’s interesting information, thanks. Next time I’m at the
organic grocery store I’ll check the bulk bins for flax seeds. I have a
variety mix that includes radish broccoli and a few other things along with
alfalfa seeds. I’m using the alfalfa first though since it’s getting a bit
old.
vention4wh
December 3, 2013 at 9:43 pm
Like spit it out man! What counties are you speaking of? I’m looking to get
out of Detroit and back to the country.
Glenn Miller Jr
December 3, 2013 at 10:36 pm
Good information on the frame and the sprouts, valuable and tasty looking
stuff.
omegahpla
December 3, 2013 at 10:59 pm
For the tomatoes last year I used nothing but kitchen scraps. Tomatoes have
the coolest way of cracking nutrients even from green compost. With the
earth-boxes I used the organic fertilizer that came in the kits. This year
though, I bought a compost tea kit. That stuff is supposed to be many times
more effective than standard fertilizer. I’ll do the tomato thing again too
though (just to have a place to throw my kitchen scraps).
vention4wh
December 3, 2013 at 11:48 pm
bonzaibb12 I did some soul searching when I bought my home and decided to
go with a condo rather than a house. The price for a house was just crazy
even back then. With the condo, I’m bike distance from my job as a transit
bus mechanic, I pay less property tax, and each month I pay more on the
principle. I’m down to 14k now and should have it paid off by November.
Having your home paid off increases your financial security immensely (even
if that home is only a condo).
vention4wh
December 4, 2013 at 12:26 am
@vention4wh I am in a similar situation. I live in an apartment but I keep
an herb garden, sprout seeds, make my own bread and keep preps. When I do
manage to buy a home I will probably go to Idaho where many counties
require no building permit . Do you plan to hold on to your condo when its
paid off ?
Leona Rose
December 4, 2013 at 12:26 am