Cole crops, Warping

Well, DD is all moved back in. At least this time she's gotten a rent-to-own storage building to keep a lot of her s**t in.

DH and I spent some of the day yesterday transplanting the seedlings that are threatening to take over the little hothouse. The bigger ones and a lot of the multiples that were split up went into 4" pots. The smaller ones that were singles I just left in their cells, and some of the smaller of the multiples were put back into cells after they were separated. So even though we planted 25 of each (Chinese cabbage, green Pak Choi, red Pak Choi, and broccoli), and only about 16-17 cells of each came up, we still ended up with 24-25 of each kind. We're not doing lettuce this year, so as many as possible will go into the raised beds at the bottom of the yard in a week or two, where they'll be protected from wind somewhat and will get afternoon shade once the trees leaf out. If I knew they would grow so fast, I would have waited another week or two to plant. Oh wait, that's right. I WANTED to wait a week or two and DH insisted on planting when we did. Rush Rush Rush So then the plants have to wait for the soil to be dry enough to work, not easy when we get rain twice a week, and they get overgrown.

Right now we have to keep the plants in the hothouse - really only warm right now from the lights - especially at night. During nice weather, I put them outside, since the sunshine is better for them than fluorescent lights. I have heat mats but only use them for starting seeds, not for growing plants once they've sprouted and have a true leaf or two. I'll break them out again in a few weeks when I start the tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants.

I spent a few hours at friend PG's house today, helping her get her new rigid heddle loom warped. When I left she was itching to play more and promised to have a 6 foot shawl (scarf?) all done by Saturday. She'll be coming to the Limestone Creek meeting on Saturday, so I'll show her something else she can do besides plain weave. I just measured out a warp for my rigid heddle last Friday. I think I'll get started warping, just to get it wound on. I'll wait till Saturday to thread the holes.