Seedlings

This year I decided I would start some of my favorite summer plants by seed. I’ve never done this before, so I thought it would be fun to see how long it takes and I figured the sense of accomplishment would be even greater (assuming these little seedlings survive:). I purchased my seeds from Renee’s Garden, a wonderful California based seed company which has a wide variety of heirloom seeds. I ended up purchasing some Alpine Strawberry seeds (seedlings pictured), some cherry tomato and mesclun lettuce seeds. She also sells some wonderful mixed green cat grass seeds. Your cats will thank you if you grow some of these!

So all of my seeds have germinated at this point, but they are absolutely tiny. I have no idea whether they will survive. It seems impossible that such tiny seedlings could become real sized plants!

My other project is finally setting up a compost bin. I’ve wanted one for a long time, and with spring in the air, it is time. I found this great video about making your own compost bin on Sunset Magazine’s website. I can’t wait to not throw away any more kitchen scraps!

What are you planting this year?