Growing season underway

Little update:  Started cleaning out the Aquaponics grow bed.  Was going to try to transplant the cherry tomatoes to the dirt garden but that may be more difficult that thought.  The plants are so big and all three are intertwined that I may not be able to pull them without damaging them.  Going to try though.  Nice thing I pulled out the broccoli and the root ball was filled with red worms.  Just after I thought they were all dead or became fish food.

If your wondering why we have worms in the grow bed, well they are an important part of the "natural" process.  They are responsible for converting the fish waste to organic material that is usable for the plants.  We use Red Worms since they are the best composter of waste of all the worms plus they can spend far more time in water than any other worm.

We now have 10 habanero plants in the ground, that is 10 more than last years terrible growing season.  We also planted some Jalapeno's and some New Mexico Chilies, basically a larger hotter cyan pepper.  We also got the Romas going for out Zombie Jac Salsas.  Some new additions we have in the soil are potatoes, broccoli, several varieties of leaf lettuce, radishes (they are already sprouted) beans, peas, cumin, basil, cilantro and a few other herbs.  In the green house we have Thai Chilies, Chard, and more about 20 more habaneros we are still waiting to sprout.

We got out gravel last night for the floor in the greenhouse and hopefully we can get that in and get the floor screwed down soon so I can get some sealer on the floor to protect it from water.  Lucky enough we have had some rain so that will really help.

Some items we are looking for are (if you are looking to get rid of some stuff):
1. Rain Barrel
2. Net pots (3 or 4 in)
3. 2x4 scraps over 30"
4. EPDM liners
5.  Any size untreated lumber for a composting bin

We have a lot of projects on the burner and I really need to start thinking about what we need to do to add Aquaponics in to the greenhouse.