A friend introduced me to using soil blocks to germinate and sprout plants in a greenhouse (thanks Greg!)
I borrowed the design concept from YouTuber St. Fiacre’s Farm regarding the building of Elliot Coleman soil blocking trays from plywood, developed a cut plan to create 9 such trays from a single sheet of 4′ x 8′ plywood, and got busy. See cut plan at the end of this post. Basically, rip two (2) 20″ section, then two (2) 3″ sections from the plywood. Then cut the individual bottom, back and side rail pieces according to the plan.
I opted to apply a coat of Minwax Polystain (color: Pecan) to help protect the plywood from our southern humidity.
After a few days left to completely dry and cure … I’ll make some soil blocks and get some seeds planted.
I need to grow SOMETHING to help feed all these chickens, donkeys, ducks and rabbits! 😉
