Seedlings

My seedlings are popping up! Its so fun everyday to see who decided to come up above the soil. Each day there is a new variety that decided to stretch out towards the sun in my patio door. The last one to pop up is my parsley, I am thinking that I got a bad batch of seeds. I bought the parsley seeds at Wal Mart, I should have ordered them from Territorial.

I decided it would be a good idea to buy a shelf to put in the patio door when my puppy gladly tasted the first batch of basil that I grew. I made the mistake of putting them on the floor in the sun and 20 minutes later they were gone! But the shelf works well. I normally have flats of seedlings spread all out on the floor in front of the window and worry someone will step on them. Now they are all up against the glass and it looks nice too.

I planted my herbs, 4 varieties of tomatoes and 3 kinds of peppers. I like to put the herbs in cans. Its a free pot and it looks cool to sell them at market. I planted the tomatoes and peppers in peat pots for easier transplanting. My tomatoes and peppers will go in the garden.

In two more weeks I need to start my pumpkins, zucchini, summer squash, cukes and eggplant. They get so big so fast that you don't want them in the house too long. Its so fun to watch all of this growing! And before you know it they will all need to go into the garden. Then the real work begins!

My Seed Order!

Its March 2nd and I finally decided to order my seeds. The snow is almost off my deck and my seed trays are sitting out in front of the patio door waiting to be started, so it must be time. My Cool Breeze Cucumbers were already sold out so I almost waited too long!

I like to order from Territorial Seed Company. They have really nice seeds and the newsprint pages make me really happy in January. I like to read seed catalogs like a novel so it takes me weeks to choose which varieties I will order. I sit there with my highlighter and my post it flags for hours reading every choice, trying to decide which will be best. The funny thing is I tend to end up ordering my favorites over and over. Renegade Beans just do the best and are so sweet! Teton Spinach grows so much later into the season than other varieties I've chosen, and there is nothing like a Sugar Snap Pea! They are so yummy raw, I think I eat as many as I pick to sell.

But I did decide to venture out on a few new things this year. I've never grown Beets before, and my sister sold quite a few, so I chose Red Ace. They sound good. I hear Kale is the big thing for next year so I decided on Dwarf Siberian. He sounds fun! Then there are Radishes. I never like Radishes till last year at the market when I finally tasted one. They are good! But I did try one from the grocery store in February and that just doesn't work. I couldn't help it, I ordered 2 varieties of Radishes, Cherry Belle and Red Head. Don't they sound interesting?

http://www.territorialseed.com/