Soil Blocking Basil

 

Here we are making soil blocks for transplanting. We use a planting mix adapted from Eliot Colman’s “New Organic Grower”. The recipe we use is listed under the “Guides” tab.

We then drop seeds into the blocks. We are blocking 200 Basil plants. These plants will go into the tunnel greenhouse. Extra’s will be given away to friends.

 

Garden tasks completed for April 10, 2016

·         Direct seeded radishes in north tunnel greenhouse

·         Basil- 200 soil blocks

·         Turn under cover crop

·         Weed Asparagus and strawberry beds

·         Black Plastic. We cover unused beds with black plastic to keep down weeds and heat the soil before planting