I have had leek and celery packets in my seed stash for two years now. By the time I’m starting all the other seeds I realize I am too late for those. This year, Kate shared a perpetual garden calendar that reminded me I can start leeks indoors now. By the way, I totally covet that calendar! The seeds will grow under lights for 10-12 weeks to be transfered outside before the last frost date [...]

There are oodles of books about starting seeds from people far more qualified than me to be dispensing advice.  If you really want to know everything, I suggest searching out references at your local library. What we do here is a casual process guided mostly by the backs of the seed packets and our own yearning to be outside. Indoors we will soon start some peppers, tomatoes, and herbs.  Our setup is a simple plastic [...]

“Wanna see our babies?” Alex asked Lil this afternoon. “What?” Lil was genuinely confused. “Our green babies!  Come see!” We piled into the tiny second floor sun room where our seeds are starting. The tomatos have sprouted their second and third sets of leaves.  We just began the tomato pilates suggested by Plangarden. Peppers, broccoli and herbs are also up.  Spring is here!!