• Posts Tagged ‘seed starting’

    First Seeds Started!

    by  • February 5, 2011 • Gardening & Pets • 3 Comments

    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...

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    Starting Seeds

    by  • March 3, 2010 • Gardening & Pets, Grow Your Garden, Parent • 3 Comments

    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...

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    Our babies

    by  • March 25, 2009 • Gardening & Pets • 1 Comment

    “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,...

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