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Oasis Builders is a gardening community helping busy families grow healthy food, medicinal herbs and confidence in being prepared.

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Biodynamic Calendar
I ran my notes through Notebook LM for the planning stages and seems fairly clear as a path forward. I think us looking at a 14 day calendar together might be the way to go. I am going to try to post 14 day plan every 14 days. We can all journal and experiment together. It just might be me, but I have some of the strongest tomato starts I think I have ever had. I picked a 3 days fruiting period in February and sowed the seed on the middle day. I am going to transplant today and tomorrow. On the calendar tomorrow is a single strong transplant day... I will mark my cups with todays day and tomorrows date just to see if there is a difference. And it may just be the plant, but if you look at the plants along side, they are leaf plants, healthy but no the growth I see in the fruit plant. February 21 was a Leaf/Fruit day, February 22 was a Flower/Fruit day and February 23 was a Root/Fruit day... these were planted February 22. I also participated in a zone 3 group discussion on the biodynamic calendar found here https://www.skool.com/oasis-builders-8012/classroom/f85f59fa?md=8a76d88605134baba84da1bc305e5cb1
Biodynamic Calendar
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@Tracey Stack That's still pretty cold. Are you just going to plant the seed and then let it come up by itself?
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@Tracey Stack Spinach should be fine and the is the fruit/leaf weekend. My reading says spinach will not die until around -15C
Chasing my tail
Everything is under control at the moment and I seem to be ahead of most things, apart from a bit of weeding in the polytunnel. So I'm beginning to think about starting something new, with May four weeks away I could slip in another project, although if I do that everything else may get neglected. Common sense says concentrate on keeping things manageable and enthusiasm says try to do more. Experience is telling me often doing less achieves more , and stop chasing my tail.
Chasing my tail
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@Phillip Greenwood I understand that...
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@Tuhi Christ play or possibly an itch...
Minnesota Succession Planting
@Sharon Prahl How big will your first bed bed be... sq ft x sq ft What will be the first things you plant? This will get me started on making a succession plan for that bed. Thank you
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@Andrea Lawson Off the top of my head, I think if it is not broke, do not fix it :-) How many people are you feeding and is this harvest and eat or do you store any for the winter.
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@Andrea Lawson which herbs are you growing
Plugs Vs direct sowing
Plugs are not as resilient plants that are sown direct and tend to bolt early, on the other hand, plugs give a quick early crop , especially if the weather is good at the start of the season. Also plugs( starts )are easily planted into a thick mulch . Both ways of seeding plants work and combining the two is the option I chose.
Plugs Vs direct sowing
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Yes... using plugs can also extend the season opening up the area for warmer season plants earlier... Plugs also take more labor for me plant twice...
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@Carla Giddeons yes I get my einkorn flour from them. They can be a bit pricey on some stuff but definitely a wide variety; did not realize they have plants Interesting
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@Andrea Lawson Look healthy...
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