I really can't tell you just how many flats of seedlings I have going right now. Or how many varieties. At how many stages... this time of year is crazy. The above picture shows tomato seedlings about ready to be meticulously plucked out and transferred to Red Solo Cups (No jokes Please) where they will continue to grow until they can be put in the ground. These are already hardened off and spending most of their time in natural sunlight. Flats like these are literally EVERYWHERE here at the farm. Some outside under plastic domes, some in raised beds, some in pots on the front porch- literally whole seed packets growing in small nursery areas outside. Nearly every flat surface inside does or will soon hold growing plants. Each day the care process becomes more daunting. And the weeding has barely just begun. Dinner time rolls around and I hardly know how it got here so quickly.
I'm not the only one buzzing around though... These guys are working really hard too, though chaos isn't a word that goes hand in hand with bees. Every action they do is a carefully orchestrated event- in sync with thousands upon thousands of other individuals. Jason re-colonized both hives last week that had been lost over the winter. He'll go out every day to check their progress on setting up shop. Sometimes he comes back in with a small striped hitch hiker on his shirt. He's comfortable with them which is a very neat thing to watch. Being comfortable is imperative, because the entire hive can sense your uneasiness. This is my favorite time of year because every day brings changes to what we're working on.
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