Went through my seed yesterday; using the seed I have on hand; this will be my early planting; starting with spinach tomorrow. Hoop house soil temp 47 degrees. Hoop house soil appears to be about 10F (-12C) warmer than historic averages. Will put me 30 days ahead of typical planting.

https://www.heartandsoilmagazine.com/thesoilsummit

Daikon radish is nature’s tiller. Clay beds, beds crusted over, paths that got walked on too many times. Daikon sends one strong taproot straight down. It pushes into the hard layer, opens tiny cracks, then widens them. That creates new air space for worms, water, roots, microbes. Daikon also mines the subsoil. It pulls up nutrients from deeper down, then stores them in the root and leaves. When we chop it down or let it winter kill, that nutrition returns to the topsoil as it breaks down. The root becomes a soft tunnel that the next crop can follow. How we use it in the garden Plant it thick like a living drill bit.Keep it moist until it sprouts.Let it grow without disturbance. No pulling. No digging. When it is time, we either chop it at the soil line or let frost take it. Leave the root in place. Cover with mulch. Let the soil life do the rest. https://www.skool.com/oasis-builders-8012/classroom/54fca587?md=0ad574d9bef442469c9d80b6cd74f35e

Shes a major green thumb and I still gotta get her in this group. But she’s crushing egg shells to make it in a powder, for calcium in her soil. She wants to know if anyone does this or knows more details. She said “hey take a picture of this and share it in your smart Gardner friends community” so I think I’m in the right place lmao. 🤣

I am patiently watching my soil temp in the hoop house; well maybe not so patiently. With the little heater in there. I was able to keep the ground temp at 46F through the 10F (-12C) weather. The temps will hit 60F (15C) by Monday, truly only a tease but I will pull some mulch back on the planting rows about 6" wide by 24' long making 4 rows in our test bed. With some luck, the soil will near 50 F (10C) so I can plant some daikon radishes on Monday as well as spread some cardboard and mulch to expand another bed. Why daikon radishes you say. I will discuss daikon radish in another post so as not to make this post to long. One of the key principals in working with nature when gardening is to always keep your soil cover 365 days a year. Hopefully the attached with prompt some thought. Let's discuss in the chat what you do, is this a new concept or a concept you have used for years? https://www.skool.com/oasis-builders-8012/classroom/54fca587?md=55dfe6ad8c86485dac7a226e0b468266