Farmers/ Community Gardeners Have Begun Picking Up Seedlings

10 April showing eggplants, peppers and tomatoes sprouting.

I feel relief.  This Saturday, May 19,  all greenhouse starts will be picked up.  I along with a number of other volunteers grew plants for ourselves, some local farmers and community gardeners in and around Lowell. 

Once the young pepper leaves came up and the cucumbers and melons were seeded, we realized that we had a mouse problem.  Along with traps and row cover protection we were able to save the plants.   I caught three mice.

 Kamal made a couple of "cages" for protection.

For two weeks, every night we covered plants with row cover and then removed it in the morning.

 A ghostly image at night.

 Early in the morning, time to uncover and water.

How the greenhouse looked at the beginning of May.