Starting Seeds

We got a late start, but we've finally planted our seeds. Here's the list:

Cucumber
Lettuce
Red Sun Sunflower
Teddy Bear Sunflower
Sunforest Sunflowers
Green onion
Sweet onion
Jalapeño Peppers
Green Peppers
Rouge Vif d'Etampes Pumpkin
Lumina Pumpkin
Big Max Pumpkin
Watermelon
Green Beans

Tomatoes, strawberries, carrots, radishes, cilantro, chives, and rosemary will follow in a few weeks. Until then it's daily care for the seedlings to keep them moist and happy. The raspberry bush did make it through its transplant and the winter; we'll see how it produces its second year.

Next we'll amend the soil, lay out the beds and create straw paths for the kids to walk on in-between the rows so we’re ready to go when the tomatoes and strawberries arrive.

Here are the seed cups lined up in neat little rows on our dining room table. We pushed the table to the windows so the seeds might receive the most light. This is all wildly experimental as we've never gardened on this scale before (as meager as it is). I feel confident that we can get things to grow, but our biggest challenge will no doubt be those bunnies! Better start with some marigolds!