Outside Plantin'!

Back at the house, we transitioned the pea and bean seeds from the safety of their pouches to the beds on the opposite side of the yard. They receive bright morning sun here and the stakes we leaned against the house will soon become their climbing habitat. Only a few days later, shoots were arching their skinny backs into the beaming sun.
The other cold-tolerant veggies (kale, spinach, chard, lettuce mix, cucumbers, gourds) we also planted just under the surface of the soil in the main raised beds. Three diagonally placed redwood panels gave us walking space and sectioned the garden into different planting areas. Tomatoes, the vining gourds, and cucumbers will be along the back fences, with room for 2 of our different greens between each set of boards.
Watering these guys when they're still seeds or just starting to grow roots must be done with a little bit of care. If you like to turn on the spigot and let water pour freely from the open hose, you're going to saturate the garden, but you're going to wash away your seedlets. When they're small like this they need a chance to establish some hardy roots, so overhead watering is best. Get a simple nozzle that separates the spray or jab your handy-dandy thumb into the hose and let the water trickle down. The idea is to soak the soil and its jewels, and not wash them away. We installed a porous soaker hose that circulates through the beds, but until these guys get their earth-legs, gentle overhead watering is best.