The Ultimate Beginner's Guide To STARTING SEEDS Indoors
This video is the ultimate beginner's guide to starting seeds! I discuss why starting plants from seed is better than buying transplants, the best plants to grow indoors from seed, how to prepare seedling trays, how to sow seeds in seedling trays, and how to maximize germination rates with seedling heat mats!
Source: https://zerowastekitchen.moveforhunger.org/a-beginners -guide-to-composting-at-home
Why We Start Seeds Indoors
There are many benefits to sowing seeds indoors:
Obviously, it gives you a head start on the growing season, which can lead to more fruitful harvests.
It’s actually necessary for a number of plants. Warm-season vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant can’t be planted too early in the spring, as the soil is too cool. In many regions (including New England and the Midwest), there are not enough growing days for those plants to get to harvest if they’re started outside. Starting seeds indoors allows you to gain a few precious weeks of growing time, which can really make a difference. In warmer regions, starting seeds indoors can allow you to get in an extra round of crops (especially cool-season crops) before summer heat stifles growth.
If you don’t start seeds indoors, you will need to buy young plants called “transplants” or “starts” at the garden store or nursery. While some nursery starter plants are grown nicely, others may be of poor quality and don’t thrive once they’re home. When you plant your own seeds, you tend to have healthier starts since you can care for them from day one.
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A much wider range of varieties is available as seeds things you would never find in a six-pack at the local garden center!
You will know how they have been raised organically instead of bathed in a wash of chemicals. You can time the plants to be ready for when you want to plant them.
Finally, seeds are much less expensive than buying plants at the garden store.
Here are three different tools to find out the best date to start your seeds where you live.
Read your seed packet. Most will list when the seeds should be started indoors (or outdoors). For example, it may say, ”Start indoors 8-10 weeks before the last expected frost date in your area.” You can simply count back from your frost-free date by checking the Almanac’s Frost Date Calculator.
If you don’t have your seed packets yet, the Almanac’s Planting Calendar calculates ideal dates to start seeds for common vegetables and herbs based on your frost date and your location
Finally, if you plant your garden with the Almanac online Garden Planner also has all the planting dates and aligns with your entire garden plan for the season. The Garden Planner looks up climate data from your nearest weather station and then uses that to calculate the best range of planting dates for each crop in your plan. It’s nicely color-coded to show you dates for sowing indoors and outdoors, as well as growing and even the harvest period!
Which Seeds to Start Indoors?
Not ALL seeds should be started indoors. In fact, most vegetables grow perfectly well when started outdoors and even prefer not to be transplanted. Ultimately, it’s important to consider how each type of vegetable grows in addition to where you’re growing it.
Consult the table below to see which crops are typically started indoors and which are typically started outdoors. Remember that there isn’t a hard-andfast rule about what you can start indoors and outdoors; it varies by your experience, personal preference, location, and the plant itself. In general, we find that:
• Crops that are best started indoors include broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, and tomatoes.
• Those with slower root development,
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You can sow into pots, plug trays, or recycled containers. Each has its advantages:
Sowing many seeds into a large pot is space efficient, as the young seedlings take up less space initially. It’s a more efficient use of seeds, too, because you can germinate many seeds in a pot and then transfer every single seedling into its own pot or plug. Sowing into a single container can also be useful for sowing very tiny seeds such as basil or easy-to-transplant flower seeds. For easy, coolseason crops everything from onions to celery to cabbage you can sow multiple seeds in the same container.
Plug trays, on the other hand, are flatter containers with individual pockets (or “cells”) for each seed. They remove the need to transfer seedlings as often, minimizing root disturbance. Simply sow them into the plugs, then grow them until it’s time to plant them, though they may need transplanting into bigger plugs or pots if the roots fill their plugs before it’s time to plant them outside. Two or more seeds are usually sown per plug, and then the germinated seedlings are either left to grow on as a cluster or thinned out to leave the strongest seedling in each plug. Trays with smaller plugs suit most leafy greens and radishes, especially if they will be transplanted promptly (within three or four weeks of sowing). We also like this method for cluster-grown crops such as beets, beetroot, and salad onions.
Recycled containers: We often repurpose food containers such as yogurt cups, sour cream containers, or plastic muffin trays as seed starting containers. Clean them out and poke a few drainage holes in their undersides. They are generally large enough to house one or two small seedlings for a few weeks. Eventually, seedlings will need to be transplanted into their own pots. Well-made containers and trays of rigid plastic can
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like cauliflower, celery, eggplant, and peppers, should also be started indoors.
• Tender vegetables like tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers are very susceptible to the cold temperatures of spring, so it’s best to start them indoors and keep them safe from unpredictable weather.
• Plants that do not transplant well and are, therefore, best started in the garden (or in outdoor containers) include cucumbers, melons, pumpkins, and squash. These are all tender, however, so refrain from sowing them outdoors while frost is still a threat.
• Some plants truly resist transplanting. Root vegetables, like carrots, turnips, and beets, don’t like having their roots disturbed, so it’s usually safer to just start their seeds outdoors in the ground rather than transplant them later on. Plants with long tap roots also dislike being transplanted; examples include dill and parsley.
• Finally, plants like radishes and peas are so fast-growing and cold-tolerant that putting them right in the ground makes sense!
1. Choosing a Potting Mix
Let’s start with the potting mix. Generally, you will have no trouble using an all-purpose potting mix. Drainage is good, but if your potting mix seems to have a lot of big chunks of wood or rocks, we recommend sifting it through a screen before using it for seed starting. Seedlings’ roots will struggle in soil that’s not fine enough.
For very small or delicate seeds, we recommend using an actual seed-starting mix, which is a potting mix designed especially for starting seeds. We also like seed-starting mixes because they’re low in nutrients; the seed itself is already full of nutrients. Avoid peat-based mixes, if possible. We use more sustainable alternatives, such as coconut coir.
Do NOT use soil from outdoors. It’s often too heavy or compacted for seedlings’ roots and may contain pests or diseases!
2. Choosing a Container
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Kitchen Party Mar 9 7-9 at the Anglican Church on 1st Ave. admission by donation. Talk, sing & dance. Snacks provided.
Annual Congregational Meeting Mar 10 4pm at St. Paul’s United Church. Potluck supper to follow meeting.
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Round Lake Hall Coffeehouse Mar 2 7pm $10 at the door. Snacks to share are always welcome. Please bring indoor footwear.
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Valley Fiddlers Mar 8 6:309:30pm at Driftwood Hall. An evening of great music and dancing for the whole family. Featuring live music and called dance favourites. Admission at the door by donation. A fundraiser for VYF youth mentorships
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2:30 - 3:30: Drop in seed swap, mingling, info tables, and kids activity table Big gratitude to Wetzinkwa Community Forest Corporation for making this event possible.
Art Therapy Mar 19 6-8pm The Library VolunTEENS (age 11 and up) meet on a monthly basis to have fun, eat pizza and help make the library a livelier and more engaging place to be! The VolunTEENS also explore ideas for upcoming library events and help prep and deliver children’s programs. Drop-ins are welcome.
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SPEECH AND DRAMATIC ARTS ADJUDICATOR –
Mike Stack, Vancouver, BC
The Festival Committee is pleasedtowelcomeMikebackfor asecondyearasourSpeechand DramaticArtsadjudicator.Heisa professional actor, director, adjudicator and theatre educator who makes his home in Vancouver.Hehasworkedasan actor with many of the city’s theatrecompanies,andhasbeen fortunate enough to tour throughout North America and overseas.Hisextensiveworkwith young people includes Carousel Theatre’s Teen Shakespeare Program, Theatre Temp at Templeton Secondary, Bard on the Beach’s Young Shakespeareans and numerous workshops throughout Lower Mainland schools and the home learning community. Mike is a multiple Jessie Award nominee and recipient, and a graduate of the Studio 58 Professional Theatretrainingprogram.
INSTRUMENTAL ADJUDICATOR –Joel Stobbe, Vancouver, BC
Born and raised in Prince George, BC, Joel Stobbe is anactivemusician, pedagogueandmusicadministrator. He holds a teaching position at the Langley Community Music School where he holds a substantial class of private cello students, Joel also serves as coordinator for LCMS's advanced programs and conducts itsseniororchestra.Joelalsoserves as artistic director and conductor of the Surrey Youth Orchestra, and recently has taken a cello instructor position at Trinity Western University. In addition to his busy teaching, administrative and conducting schedule, Joel enjoys regular adjudicating, teaching masterclasses and summer chamber music programs. He lives inLangley,BC,withhiswifeand12 year old son, to whom he hopes to pass down his life-long hobby of classic automotive restoration. Always a lover of the ‘north’ the highlight of the past summer was driving from Whitehorse to Tuktoyuktuktogetherwithhisson.
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– Indra Egan, Vancouver, BC
Originally from Houston, BC, Indra Egan is a Vancouverbased pianist and vocal coach currently employed at Vancouver Opera - most recently, she was a repetiteur for their production of Mozart's The Magic Flute. Egan has won numerous competitions, performed concertos with multiple orchestras, taught piano and violin extensively, and specializes in working with singers. Egan’s versatility and dynamic approach to music-making make her a sought-after collaborator; she has performedacrossCanada inmany styles and genres. Egan holds a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano from the University of Toronto, where she won the prestigious Gwendolyn Koldofsky Competition; Bachelor of Music in Piano from the University of Manitoba, where she also completed Post-Baccalaureate studies in jazz piano; and an ARCT. Previous teachers include StevenPhilcox,Dr.LauraLoewen, Dr.DavidMoroz,andLoriElder.
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Dr. Leah Giselle Field, Vancouver, BC
Canadian Contralto Dr. Leah Giselle Field is noted for her versatility as a vocalist and the strength of her dramatic presence. Praised for “soaring tone and spectacular low notes” in her “sumptuous” instrument, she is a graduate of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young ArtistsProgram,aVancouverOperaFoundation Amatoribursaryrecipientanddistrictwinnerand regional finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She holds degrees from the University of Western Ontario and the UniversityofBritishColumbia.
Recent performances include Cavalleria Rusticana, Eugene Onegin, Le Nozze di Figaro and Hansel and Gretel with Vancouver Opera, recitals with pianists Leslie Dala and Richard Epp, Handel’s Messiah, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the Vancouver Bach Choir, appearances in the Vancouver Opera Chamber Music Festival and productions of Luisa Miller, Suor Angelica, Cendrillon, and Aida in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia. Upcoming engagements include Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Bach’s Magnificat, and Duruflé’sRequiem.
Leah has sung in North America, Europe, and China in opera, recital, and with orchestras and chamber ensembles. She has performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, the Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, the Sea to Sky Symphony, the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Toronto, the West Coast Symphony Orchestra, and the UBC Symphony Orchestra, and as a recitalist throughout British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario.
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1. It's illegal to own just one guinea pig in Switzerland. It's considered animal abuse because they're social beings and get lonely.
The Ancient Romans used to drop a piece of toast into their wine for good health - hence why we 'raise a toast'.
3. The heart of a shrimp is located in its head. They also have an open circulatory system, which means they have no arteries and their organs float directly in blood.
4. Amy Poehler was only seven years older than Rachel McAdams when she took on the role of "cool mom" in Mean Girls. Rachel was 25 as Regina George - Amy was 32 as her mum.
5. People are more creative in the shower. When we take a warm shower, we experience an increased dopamine flow that makes us more creative.
6. Baby rabbits are called kits. Cute!
7. The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland. It was apparently chosen because of its connection with dominance and chivalry as well as purity and innocence in Celtic mythology.
8. The first aeroplane flew on December 17, 1903. Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with their first powered aircraft, aka the first airplane.
9. Venus is the only planet to spin clockwise. It travels around the sun once every 225 Earth days but it rotates clockwise once every 243 days.
10. Nutmeg is a hallucinogen. The spice contains myristicin, a natural compound that has mind-altering effects if ingested in large doses.
11. A 73-year-old bottle of French Burgundy became the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold at auction in 2018, going for $558,000 (approx £439,300). The bottle of 1945 Romanee-Conti sold at Sotheby for more than 17 times its original estimate of $32,000.
12. Competitive art used to be an Olympic sport. Between 1912 and 1948, the international sporting events awarded medals for music, painting, sculpture and architecture. Shame it didn't catch on, the famous pottery scene in Ghost could have won an Olympic medal as well as an Academy Award for the best screenplay.
Source: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/worklife/a33367076/funfacts-random/
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potentially last for many years, but if you want to avoid plastic, look for alternatives made of biodegradable fiber.
3. Sowing in the Pot
Sowing in a pot or a plug tray is really easy to do!
If sowing in a pot, fill it to the brim with the potting mix, then tamp it down to a firm level. It’s hard to over-firm, and seedlings prefer plenty of potting mix to sustain them. If you are using plug trays, fill the plug trays right to the top, then tamp down to settle. Top up with a little more of the mix, then brush off the excess.
Use your finger or the eraser-end of a pencil to poke planting holes in the mix. Be sure to sow the seeds at the depth listed on the seed packet. Many seeds can simply be gently pressed into the mixture with your fingers, too. When choosing which seeds to plant, choose the largest, healthiest-looking seeds in the packet for the best chance at germination. Many vegetables, including common crops such as salad greens, onions, beets, peas, and radishes, may be sown in pinches of three to five seeds per plug for planting out as a cluster of seedlings (to be later thinned out as they grow). Larger seeds, like beans, are sown individually into deeper holes made with a finger, pencil, or dibber (a special seed-sowing tool).
Once done with sowing, cover the seeds with potting mix so that they’re at the right depth (as listed on the seed packet).
Label your sowings, especially different varieties of the same type of plant. This is important! You might think you’ll remember, but it’s too easy to get confused, particularly if you’ve got seedlings with similar leaves (such as multiple varieties of tomatoes). Note the date of sowing and the variety you’ve sown.
Water the pots or trays carefully using a watering can fitted with a fine sprinkling rose or a clean turkey baster. A pitcher may let the water out too forcefully, dislodging the seeds. A mist sprayer is gentle but can take a long time to actually get the mix properly saturated. After watering, leave the mix to drain through from the surface and then repeat. You really want to wet the mix at the beginning so that the seeds are woken up from their slumber! Don’t worry; if it’s a good mix, it’s hard to overwater at this point; any excess will just drain out of the bottom.
https://www.almanac.com/content/starting-seeds-indoors
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DON’T CHUCK THOSE MARKERS.
15 pounds of dead markers that will NOT end up in landfills or our oceans. Did you know that Crayola has a program called ColorCycle?
Crayola ColorCycle will accept all brands of plastic markers, not just Crayola markers. That includes dry erase markers & highlighters. If you collect the dead markers, they’ll send you a free shipping label & you can ship them back to Crayola to be recycled! Link to get started with this program:
http://www.crayola.com/colorcycle.aspx
This program is currently in the US & parts of Canada, check website & www.crayola.com/ colorcycle/ frequently-askedquestions.aspxFAQ's. Kids get so excited to set up boxes at their schools...know any teachers?
These markers were collected in just 3 months at a preschool! Imagine what we could divert from landfills during the whole school year at every school!
Thanks for Sharing & Caring, Kim
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Italian Lentil Soup
Ingredients:
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 medium onion diced
• 2 ribs celery diced
• 2 medium carrots diced
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 3 ounces tomato paste
• 8 ounces canned plum tomatoes hand crushed
• 8 ounces baby spinach
• 8 cups water
• 16 ounces brown or green lentils see notes below
• 1 rind Parmigiano Reggiano optional, see notes below
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• salt and pepper to taste
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Instructions:
Heat a large heavy pot to medium-low and add the olive oil, carrots, celery, and onion. Cook until soft and translucent (about 10 minutes).
Add in the tomato paste and cook, stirring frequently for 5 minutes.
Next add in the plum tomatoes, oregano, lentils, Parmigiano Reggiano rind, and water. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and cook over a simmer until the lentils are soft (about 45-50 minutes).
After the lentils are cooked through and tender, turn off the heat and add the baby spinach.
Taste test and adjust salt and pepper to taste. Serve in bowls with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and with grated cheese on the side. Also, serve with crusty bread. Enjoy!
Source: https://
www.sipandfeast.com/italian-lentil-soup/
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BURNS LAKE BR #50
158 Francois Lake Dr, Burns Lake, BC 250-692-3232
Thursday
Dinner Service 5pm - 10pm
Friday
Dinner Service 5pm - 10pm CLOSING AT 1am
Saturday
Dinner Service 5pm - 10pm CLOSING AT 1am
Sunday
Breakfast Service 9am - 1pm
TUESDAYS are dart night from 7-9pm
Meat Draws Starting on March 2!
Every Saturday 2:30pm-4:30pm
Thursdays Crib 7-9pm for more info contact Tina 251-1104
Crazy Ace Fridays 6-9pm
POSSIBLE Cash Prize
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Check our Facebook page to find our special of the week.
HOUSTON BR #249
3480 11th Street Houston BC
Legion Shuttle: 250 845-8455
Shuttle Hours of Operation:
Monday & Tuesday: 9AM to 4PM
Wednesday & Thursday: 9AM to 9PM
Friday: 9AM to Midnight
Saturday: Noon to Midnight
Sunday: prebook only
Only at the Legion!
Wednesday’ is Wing Wednesday at the Legion. We offer 11 different essences!
Our Queen of Hearts progressive jackpot is growing! Check our Facebook page to find out how much it is this Friday!
Every Saturday we host our Meat Draws starting at 4PM. We have 3 draws every ½ hour. 4PM, 4:30PM, 5PM, 5:30PM and the breakfast draw at 5:40PM.
Easter Meat draw will be held on Saturday, March 23rd.
Darts is held every Saturday at 7PM upstairs at the Legion. For more information call Diane at 250 845-8844.
Thank you for supporting your local Legion!
SMITHERS BR #63
3840 1st Ave Smithers BC (250) 847-5082
Wednesday 3pm - 6pm
Friday 3pm - 9pm
Saturday 2:30pm - 7pm
Drop In Darts
Every Wednesday 7pm - 9pm
Friday is Karaoke Night & Meat Draw 5:30pm
Saturday Meat Draw 3pm
Saturday Pool Tournament 3pm Bar opens at 3:30
Chase the Ace drawn at 6:00 pm
FREE popcorn on Wednesdays pool table, darts, and keno available Drop in darts at 7:00 pm
****everyone 19+ welcome, no membership required****
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