I ran my notes through Notebook LM for the planning stages and seems fairly clear as a path forward. I think us looking at a 14 day calendar together might be the way to go. I am going to try to post 14 day plan every 14 days. We can all journal and experiment together. It just might be me, but I have some of the strongest tomato starts I think I have ever had. I picked a 3 days fruiting period in February and sowed the seed on the middle day. I am going to transplant today and tomorrow. On the calendar tomorrow is a single strong transplant day... I will mark my cups with todays day and tomorrows date just to see if there is a difference. And it may just be the plant, but if you look at the plants along side, they are leaf plants, healthy but no the growth I see in the fruit plant. February 21 was a Leaf/Fruit day, February 22 was a Flower/Fruit day and February 23 was a Root/Fruit day... these were planted February 22. I also participated in a zone 3 group discussion on the biodynamic calendar found here https://www.skool.com/oasis-builders-8012/classroom/f85f59fa?md=8a76d88605134baba84da1bc305e5cb1

https://www.skool.com/oasis-builders-8012/classroom/f85f59fa?md=0819ba92b33e4ccda7928568939c2291 I'll be doing a presentation today if interested going through commercial food and the logistics behind how it makes it to the grocery store; giving some food for thought; why we should grow at home or question where did this food come from. Healthy Soil => a Healthy Life Today @ 1pm - 2pm Chicago time Note workshop time: We start at :15 AFTER THE HOUR and run for 55 minutes. Learn how living soil affects plant health, food quality, nutrient density, harvest timing, chemically treated seed, and the gap between field and plate. Jim focuses on soil as the start to a good life. https://www.skool.com/the-art-of-energy-and-strength/about?ref=ddad3ade077a450b800da620ad9499aa

Compost pile has been turned three times; heat levels on the third turn have been 131 - 136 over the last 4 days. The pile is already showing signs of fungi production. Tomorrow I will turn one last time mainly to stake off to the side for the curing process. Tomorrow I plan to build another fresh pile to keep the compost moving coming into the spring. I have a couple cured pile from last year that I will use during planting, and the the fresh compost I making now will become a top dressing once the plants are about 12" tall. Then once the plants are top dressed, I will bring in fresh hardwood mulch for the top banket allowing fungi networks to supply plants through the hot summer. The lettuce is coming in well and carrots are finally sprouting although not in my pretty rows; I have some puppies that wanted to help before I shewed them away. Sugar snap peas are starting to find the ropes I hung for them to climb and the spinach is growing well. Planted a couple small rows of daikon radishes to promote microbe food. Worked on my irrigation adding a pump into the rain barrel system so I would have pressure no matter how full the barrel is...

Are you preparing the beds for spring planting or in Australia, are you preparing you beds for next years growing season by bringing in mulch or compost? Our Northern families are still enjoying the winter months soon to have a spring thaw.

With spring approaching, how do we determine the best time to get seeds going?