Flip of the Coyne

I was able to plant my tote garden on Friday the 19th after leaving the bin in front of the fire for a while.  I wanted to let the soil warm

up before planting my seeds in it.

Shortly before noon on Friday I planted my seeds.  Carrots, spinach, lettuce mix, swiss chard, green onions, basil and parsley and a few radishes mixed in for good measure.

Planting my little inside garden was a greater experience that I had originally thought it would be but not for the reasons I originally thought.  My 6 month old son got to sit beside me in his excuser-saucer and watch me.  I was a great moment we got to plant our first seeds together.

I have been keeping the tote as warm as I can.  I placed it where it gets a good amount of sun light but not so that it takes up the entire window.  I did this on purpose.  I wanted to provide the amount of sunlight that someone in an apartment may have.  So I have just pushed over the kitchen table a bit giving the tote half the window.  At night I close the blind to keep some of the draft off and I have a small lamp that I turn on to provide some light and some heat.

Sunday I came in the house around 3pm and was surprised to see that sometime in the past 24 hours the radishes, lettuce and 1 swiss chard were already coming up.  I couldn’t believe it, I know that it doesn’t take long but with the cool nights you never know if the seeds will sprout fast or take their time.

Monday (Today), even more lettuce, radishes and swiss chard is up. I am excited that things are coming around so fast.  To be honest I almost thought that I may have to start over I have used some seeds that are not exactly new, some may even be a few years old.

More updates in the days to come as I am sure that even more activity is coming soon.

It has been a while since I have updated the Blog so I thought I would put in an update.  I will admit that this will be a feeble one at best.  But do not fear starting in January I plan on adding regular content to the blog, I am going to do a revamp of the layout to make it look fresh and new.  I am also going to update the links, and maybe even see if I can’t get some more content from someone other than myself from time to time.  I do that with another Blog I have and it adds to the over all feel. 

I will be focusing mainly on food security, local economy and green issues but there will of course be those times that our elected officials get on my nerves so expect the occasional rant. 

So until January I will say good bye and Happy New Year to you.  I look forward to revitalizing the “Flip of the Coyne” blog and rekindling my relationship with you the reader.

-Spencer