Approximately 35 different species of Jefferson-documented useful plants will be grown in the garden, including cotton, flax, indigo, peanuts, sesame, red clover, marshmallow and soapwort. We will be starting many of these plants from seed. In fact, our first seedlings are already flourishing, thanks to the students in Winter Gardening, a Hereford short-course. In addition to seed-starting, the Winter Gardening students will be helping with several tasks in the garden's early stages, such as soil amendment and bed-building.
During the first class on January 30th, the students sowed seeds for the Hereford Farm Garden and the JDG. Only two species needed to be started for the JDG at this early date--calendula (Calendula officinalis) and onions (Allium cepa). The bulk of the seeds will either be sown indoors in mid-March, to be planted out in May, or direct sown as the weather allows.
One week after the seeds were sown, the calendula and onions that Kaela started are looking great!
We will be transplanting the JDG seedlings in the coming weeks. Please check back soon to see how the seedlings have grown!
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