Hey everybody, this is Jen, I'm Gargent's journey. I've been asked to show how I transplant my seedlings from the jugs to the garden. If you recall, I just did a video on how I transplant seedlings to seed packs because we do sell a lot of seedlings for the farmer's market, but it is time to actually start transplanting some into our own garden beds, so I'm going to show you how I do that. So these are the seedlings that I'm going to be working with today. I watered them last night right before I went to bed because we had a frost coming, so I wanted to make sure that they're good to go. And they look pretty moist, but just to make sure, so I'm going to give them quick drink of water. And this is basically to make sure that you can get the seedlings pulled apart because you want the soil nice and moist that helps things come apart a lot easier. And when the soil is moist, it's also kind of slippery, so it's actually going to slide out of the jugs a lot better. Okay, now I'm going to go ahead and take these jugs over to my container bed and we'll go from there. All right, so these are my container beds that I've already planted into, and you can see they're doing quite well. And then I have these ones over here. This one I just planted some and less. You can see it's doing quite well. I keep them covered because I have cats who lots of you containers, especially with loose soil, as litter boxes. So I generally keep my containers covered during the day until the plants get a lot bigger and then they're not in there so much because it's a deterrent. Anyways, so this is the container I'm going to be planting in today. So the first step over here, again, is making sure that your soil is moist. It's a lot easier on your transplants if what they're going into is already wet. It helps lessen the transplants' shock. It helps make the soil a little more workable too if you're working with some heavy soil. This soil is a blend of pre-made potting mix and then I amended it with some more peat moss and some pearlite to help with drainage but also help with soil water conservation because these container beds dry out really quickly, which for some crops does not vote well. So we've got great drainage which for crops that need great drainage works great but we also have some moisture retention for those crops you need to stay a bit on the moist side. So we got a little bit of best things for both worlds. Now I use my hands, I don't mind getting my hands dirty. Some people have to use trowels and whatnot and that's fine. I'm just going to make sure we're even here. Alright, and then I'm just going to make a line of my soil. It's about a hand with the part, that's what I do and I find that works very well for what I'm transplanting today. Alright so this is my kale. This is scarlet kale and kale can get quite big. Oh sorry, I have to show you. This comes out really easy because my soil is wet and just slides right out. Alright, so kale can get quite big but what I do is I plant quite a few kale in here and then I send them out as they start to get bigger. I do send them out and I use what I send out to make either food for myself or give to our chickens for food. See how easily that just fell apart and see that? This comes right apart and I'm not damaging the roots or anything. So these guys can take quite a bit. Now with plants with more sturdy stalks like tomatoes and stuff I would not suggest that you just drop them around because their stalks are not as flexible. But anyways, the point is the same, you just break it apart very easily, it comes apart very very easily. And just plant them in. And then if I get some, like I've got a big one and a little one stuck together, I'm not going to worry about it, I'm just going to stick them all together. And as it grows, I will thin it out, not a big deal. But I just plant it in there. Just like so. So again, I'm just pulling it right apart, it comes right apart, not a problem. Snick didn't write down in there. So that is how easy it is to transplant out of your ducks. That's simple folks, really. Well, nothing to worry about. If your soil is wet, these will come right apart, not a problem. And so you don't have to worry about not being able to transplant them. If you have too many seedlings, plant some of your extras into little solo cups or something if you don't have seed plants, and give them away to your friends. Or if you have chickens or other livestock, give your extra stuff to them. They love fresh greens. They love them. So you're not going to waste any of your food here. There's a million different ways to use your extra seedlings if you have them. So just go ahead, plant what you can, give the rest away, but most of all, just enjoy yourself. Not a big deal, just enjoy yourself. So that's how I plant my stuff. So hopefully this helped you guys out a little bit. Alright, take care, everybody. Bye-bye.