The Tossed Salad Plot

On Monday, July 13th, the day of our one good rain this season, plot no.4 was seeded with a blend of over a dozen salad ingredients.

There's a mix of lettuces, other greens, herbs and other items that might go into a salad like carrots and cucumbers. The seeds were put into a container, shook and then tossed into the plot - all while huddling under the cover of an umbrella. Then the soil was raked lightly so some of the seeds would be covered. I couldn't rake one-handed so I had to forsake the umbrella for a bit. It was the fastest raking you ever saw.

The entire bed was planted in less than five minutes. That's the beauty of the broadcasting method of sowing. It's quick. One famous gardening fellow, Masanobu Fukuoka (author of "The One Straw Revolution"), uses the broadcasting method for his "Natural Way of Farming". He, too, mixes seeds and then tosses the mix all around his garden. He lets Nature determine where the best spot will be for each type of vegetable to grow. It's all part of his do-nothing method of gardening where he tries to expend as little effort as possible and let Nature take care of the rest. He figures Nature knows far more about growing plants than we do so he leaves it in more capable hands. It's worked for him. Now let's see if it will work for us.

Some seeds have already sprouted! Do we know what they are? Heck no, but it'll be fun to figure it out. It is a community plot so feel free to harvest what you dare. :o)