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The Miracle of Seeds


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As I have been starting flower seeds in an impromptu facility in my spare bedroom with supplemental heat, it’s the first time I’ve tried germinating seeds on wet paper towels. Why? Maybe I should have asked the question before actually doing that. Just to see them sprout? Speed up the process perhaps? It’s all a learning curve :)

Two weeks in, I’ve been furiously making flats and flats of soil blocks, adding shelves and a new grow light—a very cool three-pronged flexible thing on a tripod…and trying to keep up with getting sprouts into soil before they go bad. It’s almost like surgery, some of them are so tiny. Such is the price to pay for trying to beat the cold. Even though I have a small greenhouse for starting seedlings, it’s still too cold in early April to use it for germinating seeds.

But there’s something child-like about anticipating going into that room to check on the plants…noting every little change, getting excited about seedlings starting to thrive. It is sheer joy about the rebirth of spring, this cultivation of young life with each new year. Long live farms and gardens!

Caroline McColloch
Chez Nous Farm

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