It's Time For An Update - September 2017 Looking back at recent posts, I've realized something is missing. That would be an update! The last of which was done back on May 22. A lot has happened since then, including our second daughter being born a few days ago (9/11). I apologize for not doing this sooner. If I'm…

Week 11 Update - The Plants Sleep Outside Now Hello and thanks for stopping by. Last week my plants were going through the process of hardening off. Now the plants sleep outside permanently. Hopefully, everything will be in the ground by this time next week. We've been very busy around the house lately and the garden has taken a back…

Beginning Hardening Off Hello and thanks again for checking out this week's update. Last week I moved a majority of the plants over from pods to solo cups. We're nearing the middle of May and I've started hardening off everything. The plants are doing great for the most part since transplanting to the bigger cups. Especially the peppers and beans. Most…

Happenings with the Plant Seedlings Hi and thanks for checking out this week's update on the plant seedlings. Sorry it has taken 2 weeks for this update. I've been really busy lately and am actually about half way through building my hugelkultur raised bed. It's taking longer than I want, but there's only so much time (and daylight) in a…

My Seed Starts Week of 4/20/2017 Hi and thanks for checking out this week's update on the seed starts! It's been two weeks since transplanting sprouts from moist paper towels to seed trays. They've done considerably well if I do say so myself. A few things have died off, but that's why we as gardeners plant more than we think we'll…

Starting Seedlings Starting seedlings this year has been a challenge thus far. At first, it seemed like there was pretty good progress. In fact, I was hoping to have plants in the ground by now (mid-April). Then there was the fungal problem with damping off which set things back a month. Now, after having to start over, things are looking…

Seed Starting Indoors Hello and thanks for checking out this update for the 2017 season! This week I began seed starting indoors again. It is the second round of attempting to get seeds going, which isn't a super easy task. If you read last week's post you saw that I had a bad problem with damping off in my first…

3/30/2017 - Damping Off Hi and thanks for checking in to see how this season is going. Unfortunately, I have some bad news this week. My seedlings have a bad fungal problem and I believe it's due to damping off. If you've never heard of it, damping off is a type of fungal growth that plants, especially seedlings, are susceptible…

3/22/2017 - Growing Seedlings Greetings! Thanks for checking in on what's happening as I'm growing seedlings for the 2017 Season. This week I changed the positioning with my lighting again. Last week I changed the positioning as well. But the way the lights were facing down at an angle didn't strike me as very beneficial. Turns out I had some metal campfire skewers…

Week 2 of the 2017 Season - Grow Seeds Indoors Hi and welcome back to the Grow To Save blog. My name is Luke and this is an update for week 2 of the 2017 growing season. Looking forward to Spring in Michigan! But I'm not too happy that dastardly Groundhog was right this year. Anyways, check out the progress…