Since I was working all day on Tuesday, I wasn’t able to do anything significant for Earth Day, so I made up for it today I planted 192 vegetables, herbs & trees by seed (a total of over 500 seeds!) including 48 Paulownia trees. This tree, nicknamed the “Phoenix tree” due to it’s awesome ability of regenerating entirely from it’s root system when it is harvested, is an extremely fast grower (some species can be harvested for lumber in as little as five years at a whopping 75 feet tall!). Not only is it SUPER awesome as a timber tree, but this baby is BEAUTIFUL in the spring time! Big, blue, yummy-smelling blossoms fill it’s branches, and the fruit it produces are packed full of thousands of seeds that are SO easy to grow! Once I get them to harden off, I’ll be giving them out to family/friends to enjoy.

I also started the 3-4 month cold stratification process for my Japanese Maple seeds. So, they’ll be in my fridge waiting for exactly the right time to sow.. probably around our wedding day

And last, but not least, I started to scarify hundreds more seeds of beautiful plants, including 100 passionflower vines! We LOVE passionflowers. We love them so much that they will be a part of our wedding… more to come on that later!!! Tomorrow, I’ll get to set up another greenhouse area in the backyard, and plant all the pretty stuff

Oh… one more thing: everything is being grown organically this year… at least for now