Seed update

As of today, the first of the tomatoes are popping up. The tomatillo sprouts are all solidly up now. No sign just yet of sprouts in the peppers but I'm hoping to see sprouts in a day or so.

sprouts!

I got the seeds planted on 2-18 and already the tomatillos are sprouted!

I planted tomatoes, tomatillos, and peppers, all varieties of each. I'm not sure I started enough, but I filled the space. I used the newspaper pots set on metal trays, and it's working really well. I labeled them with sharpy, and that seems to be holding on. I have one big tray of tomatoes, one big tray of peppers, and a half tray ancho/anaheim pappers, and a half tray of tomatillos.

Also, I thinned the romaine lettuce and moved most to 4-inch pots. I gave some to RickC and he got them in the ground. Mine are up on trays to keep them safe from the chickens.

At art day we made pomanders from my lemons. Catherine brought the cloves. Lori and Titus and Jane showed up too.

rain rain!

After a dry winter so far, we've had days of hard rain. This is good but it's limiting my ability to start my seeds. I may have to give up and work on it indoors.

Here's what I got:
Carrot: Little Finger
Carrot: Touchon

Cowpea: Calif Blackeye no.5

Pepper: Ancho (poblano)
Pepper: Anaheim
Pepper: Biker Billy hybrid (jalapeno)
Pepper: Caribbean red hot (habanero)
Pepper: Habanero
Pepper: Hot Lemon
Pepper: Serrano

Radish: Daikon
Radish: Perfecto

Tomato: Better Boy vfn hybrid
Tomato: Big Mama (roma style, det)
Tomato: Bucks County hybrid (det)
Tomato: Fresh Salsa (small, det)
Tomato: Red Mortgage Lifter
Tomato: Sweet Tangerine hybrid (orange, det)

And I ordered onion sets, but they haven't sent them yet.

I also got a pot maker for making pots out of newspaper. It works very well. I'll be using that for all my plantings this year. To maximize space in the box, I'll start more than one seed in each pot. When they need to be transplanted, I can simply open up the pot, which should be less stressful to the roots.