{"id":1241,"date":"2016-02-23T22:26:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T03:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2016-02-23T22:27:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T03:27:18","slug":"planting-spinach-seeds-indoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/planting-spinach-seeds-indoors\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Seeds of Spinach Indoors Started Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The season is finally here and it is time to plant as many seeds indoors as possible beginning with spinach.\u00a0 Spinach is a cold plant and is perfect for starting indoors and bringing them outside on good days during the month of March.<\/p>\n<p>I have been sifting my worm compost this past week because I use quite a bit of it when I start my seed planting indoors.\u00a0 I also use it during the season as well which is great for any plant especially with tomatoes.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I still have one more tote of worm compost that I have to sift, but for now I will use what I have already filtered and that is what I used for my spinach seeds today.\u00a0 Soon I will start planting flowers such as alyssum which doesn&#8217;t take that long for them to sprout and they can grow in cooler weather as well.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment I have only planted spinach seeds, but in a week or so I will start planting many more seeds and before you know it I will be transplanting them into the garden.\u00a0 That is a little bit away, but it will be here soon enough.\u00a0 Right now my spinach seeds are in a cool place underneath fluorescent lights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Picture-1-074.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1242\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1242\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Picture-1-074-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Spinach Seeds Underneath Lights\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Picture-1-074-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Picture-1-074-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Picture-1-074.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The season is finally here and it is time to plant as many seeds indoors as possible beginning with spinach.\u00a0 Spinach is a cold plant and is perfect for starting indoors and bringing them outside on good days during the month of March. 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