Category Archives: Gardening

I’ve started another batch of seeds. This one contains nasturtiums (x3), marigolds (x2) and the lemon cucumber. The cucumber seeds were a free gift from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. I hadn’t planned to have them but after reading about the plant it sounded interesting so I decided to go ahead and plant them. I still […]

[thumb:171:l][thumb:168:l][thumb:169:l][newline] The Thai Pink Egg Tomato has sprouted. That’s the first of the tomatoes to come up. We’ve grown the Pink Eggs the last couple years. The first year they did really well and we got a bunch of tomatoes. This last year wasn’t as good for us but we got some harvest. Better than […]

The latest sprout news is in. The lettuce and arugula are doing well. Both Little Marvel Peas are showing and now the first of the Rainbow Swiss Chard is coming up. This weekend I’ll probably start more seeds. I’ve got the flowers to get started at least. I’ll probably start the watermelon and lemon cucumbers […]

The third lettuce and arugula are up now plus one of the Little Marvel Peas is now up too.

[thumb:164:l:s=1][thumb:163:l:s=1][thumb:165:l:s=1][thumb:166:l:s=1][newline] Our first seeds have sprouted. The Tom Thumb Lettuce and Arugula are coming up. Two of three for each plant. In a couple weeks they may be ready to go outside. Hopefully the weather will start improving. Lately it has been cool and rainy. Hopefully the other plants will be coming up soon.

[thumb:162:l:s=1] I’ve started our first seeds of the new season. The first container has Tom Thumb Lettuce (x3), Ground Cherry, Patio Orange Tomato, and Thai Pink Egg Tomato. I’ll be starting more lettuce, two weeks apart, to stagger those plantings. I want to give the plants a good start indoors this year. Last year I […]