Bags of soil mix for block making sitting on the driveway. An expensive way to get our seedlings started, but almost guarantees good results.

Where the new garden is going…

The field garden, still very soggy.

New tools: a cultivator on the left, and a bed shaper/mulch layer on the right.

Last Friday, since it looked like the weather was finally warming up, Bruno, Ali and I shifted the block making and seeding installations from indoors to the driveshed. This is the cement mixer we use to mix the soil with water for block making.

The table inside the driveshed.

Bunching onion seedlings looking very anxious to get out into the garden.

Lettuce seedlings (the smallest are under the row cover) and in the foreground, two seedling trays of globe artichokes that we’re trying out this year.

The greenhouse is full of trays seeded and germinating.

Once the growing is underway, trays are moved outside to make room for more…