Warm day today

We have been eating arugula salads this week (twice so far). The
EarthBox is great for arugula and other lettuce. Not so great for
strawberries.

Some of the seeds I planted 4 days ago have sprouted. The tallest
three are radish. One other that sprouted should be the Cherry Tomato
(unless a radish seed accidentally got in it's cell). I'll be able to
tell when they get a little bigger.

Started Summer Seeds

Today, I started two flats (9 cells per flat) of seeds for transplant in early May.  Here are the seeds I started, and quantities:

First Flat:

• 3 x Crenshaw (Burpee Early Hybrid Crenshaw 51904A)
• 3 x Honeydew (Burpee Orange Sorbet Hybrid 54684A)
• 2 x Cantaloupe (Burpee Honey Bun Hybrid 54700A)
• 1 x Artichoke (Burpee Imperial Star Hybrid 56705A)

Second Flat:

• 3 x Radish (Burpee German Giant 52305A)
• 2 x Bok Choi (Burpee Joi Choi Hybrid 52753A), with toothpick marker
• 2 x Tomato (Burpee Brandywine 50062A)
• 1 x Cherry Tomato (Burpee Sugar Snack Hybrid 54742A)
• 1 x Squash (Burpee Hybrid Zucchini 62364A)

Early Spring Planting

Transplanted arugula seedlings into the earth box today. They are 2
weeks old from seed. The new seeds from Yamagami's seemed to produce
larger seedlings and more peppery flavor than the Burpee seeds. I
planted those 4 seedlings on the left side of the box, nearest to the
water pipe.

One of the two Artichokes has sprouted.

I also received Asparagus root crowns from Burpee this week. I soaked
them in a bucket of water for about 30 minutes before burying them 6-8
inches under ground in the low brick planter I built this year. I
also mixed in some of Horace compost, which had about 5 earth worms.
I'll be hand watering these asparagus until I hook up the drip system.