And, I’d say, most of all, making sure the little ones in the greenhouse stay safe, warm enough, and watered, day and night. Here are two photos I took this morning. All of them have their covers on, and the heat maat is going, but no fire at this point.

Five of us are in communication with this ongoing task, via texts, usually. Your turn tonight? Do we need a fire? Let’s unplug the heat mat, drying them out too much — at least during the day. Wow, these little ones need to be put in their own pots! Which Marita and Adam did, during Tuesday’s work party.

On Saturday, Ning Yao and Ben stopped by late morning. Ben turned the compost . . .

. . . while Marita was in the chicken coop cleaning. You can’t see her in the dark, but she’s in there!

Ning Yao and I planted Yukon Gold seed potatoes. Hope we knew what we were doing! See the area thickly covered by fresh straw in the middle of this photo? That’s one of the hugelkultur beds, where we planted them before covering with straw.

If I’m not mistaken, I think these potatoes are the first things we’ve planted outside this season, directly into the soil.

This Thursday, we return to bi-weekly Community Dinners. (The last one was cancelled when someone took sick.) I’ll take a few pics that evening. 

It does feel like we’re on track for our spring activities in the greenhouse. This is the very first year we’ve not had a garden manager to tell us what to do and when. Instead, we rely on each other — and the internet. From top down Capricorn management style to loose, networked Aquarian style, which, interestingly enough, requires each of us to be more responsible, since we can’t just ignore the situation except for following orders from above. A very different feel to the atmosphere with this changeover. A bit dicey, chaotic; but we’re learning. And our seedlings, believe it or not, are thriving.