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Starting seeds outdoors
No germination greenhouse
Helpful neighbors
Low tent over raised bed!
Skylight for raised bed
As an experiment, I am sowing directly in the raised bed in November - only a number of plants that germinate in cool soil (about 45 degrees). I'll see if I can grow in the off-season!
- Spinach ()Winter Bloomsdale)
- Radish (Rudi and Champion)
- Cabbage (Promax)
- Carrot (Nantes Supreme from Burpee)
That early experiment reset my expectations about growing in the winter, even in an enclosed structure - but here I go again.
Skylight for raised bed
I placed one of the skylights donated by a friendly neighbor at the edges of the raised bed several inches above the soil.
Comparison data
I have a data logger in the center of the garden to measure and log the ambient temperature.
In this version of experimental cold weather gardening I'm measuring and recording the average difference in temperature between the outside temperature and the temperature inside the low tent, day by day and throughout each day.