Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 14 Entries. Saturday, April 19 View Page Took a soil sample today..will send it away Monday. Finally got into the farm on Wednesday (April 16). Ground is still very wet in low lying areas. Dug down about 8" to get the sample and hit water. Soil appears to be muddy, clay where I want the patch to be, but I'm curious to see how fast it dries up. Going to start practising germination tomorrow. Thursday, May 1 View Page Got me a rototiller tonight Thursday, May 8 View Page started soaking seeds after work today - clockwise starting in top left: 848 MacKenzie 695 Handy 1118 Greene 1250.5 Kline 1248 Ford 1001 Toftness Thursday, May 8 View Page decided I should submerse them somehow - this worked Thursday, May 8 View Page the seeds are resting over a very hot game...13 innings... work tomorrow is Friday and then til the patch down on the Blind Line...gotta get lights Saturday, May 10 View Page checked seeds yesterday..no action but this morning (9:45 a.m.)... the 1248 Ford is for sure the fastest to pop roots the 1001 Toftness is running in second place and the 1118 Greene is holding a close third no action yet on the MacKenzie, Handy or Kline Saturday, May 10 View Page 4:35 p.m. All but the 695 Handy have popped I removed the seed cases and planted them in 4" pots of Miracle Gro and fertilized with 10-52-10 Tuesday, May 13 View Page Woo Hoo - the 1248 Ford and 1118 Greene have broken ground! (put the Handy in dirt about 9 p.m. Sunday evening) Tuesday, May 20 View Page 1248 Ford after being in soil for 10 days Tuesday, May 20 View Page 848 MacKenzie - planted last Saturday - came up last Wednesday Tuesday, May 20 View Page 1001 Toftness Tuesday, May 20 View Page 1118 Greene Tuesday, May 20 View Page 1250.5 Kline - just popped out of soil on Sunday morning..fully up when I got home from work today Tuesday, May 20 View Page 695 Handy - last to germ but not last to break the soil surface