Things are about to get more busy this week for sure:
Light dep is getting flipped tomorrow. A few plants like the Sour Diesel x Urkle and Super Silver Haze are still a little smaller than I would like to see, but most of the other plants are getting too big. If I don't flip them soon the greenhouse will get too crowded.
Full season clones are looking good and will have their supplementary light cut in two days. So long as our weather looks decent they will get moved out to the outdoor garden to harden off for a few days before getting planted in the ground.
All the soil prep was wrapped up a few days ago. My cover crop didn't break down all the way so I did end up doing a quick till to chop it up and get it dispersed through the soil more evenly. Second time I've had to get out the roto tiller in 6 years. I guess next year I need to chop the cover crop down earlier. Still trying to work out the exact timing and details for our no till system, but I think I am pretty close to getting it to the point where we only have to till or otherwise disturb the soil every 3-5 years or more.
All of the compost and additional dry amendments were spread out evenly and then scratched in with a rake. After that, the beds get heavily watered a few times to get everything cooking and then sit for a week or more before we plant. As soon as the plants go in, some 'transplant mix' and mulch will be layered on top to get them off to a fast start.
Seedlings are starting to show sex and actually seemed to enjoy the thunderstorms and rain we got over the weekend. They've been less pampered this year and are definitely stockier and stronger as a result, though not quite as large. I think once they go into the ground they will explode.
Geese are getting big and I took them out onto the pond today for the first time. So far I had just been letting them splash around in a kiddie pool. They followed me all around in the row boat, it was pretty cool to watch them dive and swim and have fun. They are proving to be excellent weeders too even at this early age.
Wouldn't be a good update if I didn't post some food pictures too! I usually try to do a nice Sunday dinner for the family, this time it was a rotisserie chicken slathered in my 'Persain" dry rub (salt, tumeric, dried mint, paprika, white peppers, cumin, and cinnamon), grilled red potatoes and a salad. As the chicken roasts, the drippings season the potatoes (Yes I love my chicken fat, don't judge me :p )