My poor blog is as neglected as my little seedlings are lavished with love and attention! :)
We still don't have our boxes built for square foot gardening (I know, we're so behind!) and no chicken coop yet, either. We're waiting for our tax return, and it's been over a month, but still - nada. I hear it's taking longer this year, because of the rebates...
But I feel like the guy in the commercial, "It's my money and I WANT IT NOW!"
In the meantime, I'm doing what I can for my babies inside under the lights.
Tomatoes:
Sunflowers:
Peppers:
Onions:
Celery:
Cabbage:
Lettuce:
Brussels Sprouts:
Herbs:
Nasturtiums (flowers):
Mint:
They're like little monsters, outgrowing their homes! (well except the mint, which just sprouted - but I hear mint gets very aggressive and invasive once it starts growing!)
Hurry, Mr. Taxman, I need a garden to plant these in before they take over the house!
I had a wonderful gift from a friend, who gave me lots of perennials to plant, so I've been doing that for the past two days. I'll get pictures soon... probably. Funny how little time I want to spend at the computer when it's so gorgeous outside! :)
I finally got around to planting. (I know, I know! I'm sooooo late!) The littles loved getting their hands dirty, but they didn't have much patience with the tiny seeds. But it was totally fun recognizing seeds we often eat - like cucumber and tomatoes. It was also quite amazing to see broccoli, cauliflower and onion seeds - I'd never seen them before! I know, how out of touch are we with our own food, right? Opening each seed packet was like Christmas - what would we find inside? I followed all the varied instructions while Michael hung my "planting light" over a table in the laundry room. It's a south-facing room (makes it nice and warm, with lots of sun - which the elder bugs love. *shudder* I hate those things, they crawl all over the inside of my laundry room windows!)
Zoe helped me plant, Dmitri helped Daddy "build stuff" and in the end, this is what we had:
How exciting! That was Sunday, and now, three days later, we have babies!
I put a heating pad under my peppers (these are peppers - and in case you were wondering, those are tacks. I didn't have labels, so I color-coded everything!) and it seems the heat was just right, and they've started to germinate. This whole seed-dirt-water-light thing... it actually works!Who knew!?
