Touchstone 28 April 2011

Hello from Touchstone! Great to see all the green coming out, the Daff's in bloom, and the indoor seedlings coming out. Thought we'd put up a few "progress" shots! Have a great planting season yourselves!!

Touchstone Sunday April 17

Hello from Touchstone! We are one of the six kitchen gardens that will be "open" in August, and we're excited to finally start work! Our basic layout is two raised beds, and our unique feature is the train garden that we have adjacent to the vegetable areas. We have attached a few pictures taken this week of what we look like starting off this season, plus two photos from past years that

better depict what we hope to look like come August! We'll post updates from time to time as things start to really happen!

Greetings from the Southport Library Kitchen Tour

Yesterday we started our adventure in planting. Amie Hoinsky demonstrated making seed tapes. Jane Mulholland and I created beautiful tapes guaranteed to make planting easy and fool proof. See tape:

To make your own seed tape - mix "paste" mixture - cornstarch and water. 2:1 ratio. Heat to boiling stiring to avoid lumps. Put into squeeze bottle with fine tip. Cut strips for tape from paper towels. About 1/2" wide, any desired length. Place small dots of paste mixture onto towel tape. space according to package directions. With a pointed object such as bamboo skewer dip skewer into paste, pick up one seed and place onto drop of paste on tape. Dry flat. Roll onto paper towel holder until ready to use.

Get Started - Good Luck. Jean and jane