so one of the most exciting days on a homestead is when you get your seeds in the mail we
got our email this morning that our seeds were in the mailbox so it was an exciting
time and I have to say it comes in the cutest little box this is the first time that we
have bought from Botanical interest and I have to say they made quite the impression
with their packaging so let's open it together and see what it looks like
cute little box little happy growing from Botanical interest and then they have a little
seed starting guide to help you out and then the seeds now these are not the only seeds
that we're using this year we do have some from last year from Clear Creek seeds and
from Hoss tools but any of the new seeds that we bought were from Botanical interests this
year I have to say that the artwork on the seed packets is pretty awesome they actually
do all their artwork for their seed packs in-house and it is like artwork I think you
can actually even buy prints of these because they're so good looking Sam is probably overlaying
a list of all the seeds that we're using this year but it's kind of a little bit of a variety
we are doing some bush beans cabbages let's hope they turn out this year Tomatoes some
luffa gourds some squash and zucchini we're gonna try some lettuces carrots so some of
these are going to be new for us and then others are just old favorites so let's go
over the seed starting supplies that we have we have a nice heavy duty seed tray we have
some small pots a seed starting mix and our seeds it's important to have a good seed starting
mix because it's sterile that way the seeds won't have anything that they're in competition
with the pots look a little rough because they are about four years old because we reuse
them every year as always there are links to these below if you're interested
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we are only going to be using a little over half of this tray so I'm going to try to only
fill in what we're going to use so we don't waste the seed mix
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this is when you want smell-o-vision because this smells so good just like getting your
hands in the dirt and just smells good
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thank you
so here you can see that we did a Rutgers tomato one year and we did Red something okra
one year so still works we can work those out and make new marks on them
Tachi
and I'll put everything within reach
so we're going to be starting out by putting some of these in pots and we're going to be
starting with our Clear Creek seeds our cucumber melon and our herbs what herbs let's be specific
basil Dill lavender lemon balm and Thyme
and let's well let's see uh inspect this handiwork here yeah I guess that's legible [Music] thank
you [Music] so we started out with the Clear Creek seeds and now we went ahead and did
the Botanical interest seeds we have luffagord Black Beauty eggplant cube of butter squash
and emerald Delight squash which is a zucchini so we did multiple of each because those are
ones that we like so that finished out the pots we're gonna go ahead and move those over
and do our seed tray
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I'm going to go ahead and water the seed tray and let the water just kind of soak in for
a few minutes
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the way we're going to stay all organized with this seed tray is with our garden journal
we're going to write down what's in each column and just keep up with it that way these are
the seeds we are putting in our seed tray from host tools we have early round Dutch
cabbage and stone head cabbage from Clear Creek seeds we have artichoke green globe
American flag leaks floradade Tomatoes Jubilee tomato a money maker Money Maker tomato and
then from Botanical interests we are doing some Sweetie whole cherry tomatoes Utah celery
Copenhagen Market cabbage and that's it we don't get very technical whenever we're planting
seeds we try to follow what's on the packet but we've not had any problems thus far and
we still grow Lots with that being said let's go ahead and plant the seed tray
thank you
we are done planting the seeds these are the ones that we have already planted I'm gonna
put in the little box with our little tissue paper on top and then these are the ones that
we have yet to plant that are going to be direct so and they all fit in this Nifty little
box I went ahead and did it off camera but I have right here our flower pots that I'm
doing just some flower varieties because I like to have some cut flowers in the house
and I just enjoy flowers so of the flowers that are planted in my little pots I have
some Lupine Fox Glove black-eyed Susans Cosmos coreopsis stuff like that just good cutting
flowers and speaking of which this is Sam's nice little garden journal we have never kept
one before we just haven't had time and just kind of scattered but Sam went ahead and wrote
everything down kind of the placement of pots of seeds and the seed tray all that kind of
thing so it'll be a lot easier to keep up with everything thanks guys for coming along
as we got the seed started today if you have any questions or comments leave them below
there will be links in the description below of all the seeds that we have some of the
seed starting stuff anything you might need like that but otherwise we'll see you guys
next time on the homestead bye
is whenever you hear that your seeds have been delivered no the American Gothic there's
a rake behind your shoulder there I feel way too happy [Laughter] because we have power
tools now is when you get your seeds delivered for that new year that doesn't make sense
either I think you can actually even buy prints of these because they're so good looking so
we have I don't know what else what am I saying I don't even remember after the spider and
then this okay so here you can tell that yes these are used one year we did a Rutgers tomato
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okay let's try that again
you have a nice spider on the inside of your lens there hon
oh I heard that one shake and bake
now you got the giggles I do I'm not gonna film your face as always there are links to
these below if you're interested thank you thank you sure I'll leave that part thank
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