We Go Outdoors

So based on a number of seed timing charts I read I determined(I'm not sure correctly) that the optimum date for planting certain seeds outside was 4-6 weeks before the average last frost. Here in Denver that average last frost date is May 5th, but to play it safe I used an average last date of May 15th or so. So this meant putting out seeds the first week of April

First step is to have a plan. I'm not sure if you can quite see it in the picture, but that piece of paper there lays out everything that is going in the garden and what it's spacing should be. We are planting our garden in the "block" style and the recommendations for spacing came from the CSU Extension.

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/mg/gardennotes/713-Block.html



Next of course we needed seeds. The candidates for early spring seeding were radish, arugula, romaine lettuce, leaf lettuce, spinach, onions, green onions and peas.


Finally with everything laid out it was a simple matter of making some furrows, dropping the seed in, covering them up, and watering them in.