seeds

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Going to Seed

Going to Seed

As the days continue to get longer and (abnormally) warmer, our over-wintered veggies have been bolting quite quickly this spring. In the interest of saving as many seeds as possible, I've left a few plants in the beds to continue their cycle and have been enjoying the show they put on!  I love all their itty bitty buds and flowers…
May 6, 2012
Fallen Seedlings

Fallen Seedlings

I've been hardening off a lot of my seedlings over the last several days and then bringing them in the house at night so they don't get too cold.  They've been doing really great...no wilting or burning, no falling over in the wind...awesome!  This is until yesterday.  Yesterday I came home from work to find this...My partially decapitated Roma seedlingYes,…
May 2, 2012

DIY Seed Pods-Revisited

A couple of weeks ago I posted about the all paper seed pods I was experimenting with.  While they've worked out just fine, I've adapted my process a bit and am now using both toilet paper rolls and newspaper.  The toilet paper rolls offer just a bit more support than the newspaper alone and I've been pretty happy with the…
March 25, 2012
Seed Chaos

Seed Chaos

Oy...I opened up my seed bin the other day and found this...Gross.  How the heck am I supposed to find anything in there!?  It's all inventoried...I know what I have...I just can't find it when it's time to do something with it...like plant it!So, I sat myself down and spent a little time getting my seeds organized.  I also took…
March 10, 2012
Seed Starting Pods

Seed Starting Pods

With seeds starting season at its very beginning, I have realized that I don't have enough pods to get me through!  I debated about just buying a few more flats, but decided instead to buy a bag of organic seed starting mix and try to make my own pods out of recycled newspaper.I found this great tutorial on Little House in…
March 4, 2012
Seeds & Soon-To-Be-Sprouts

Seeds & Soon-To-Be-Sprouts

I may be getting a bit ahead of myself here, but I'm longing for spring and feeling like testing a few boundaries.  Since we have our grow lights in place, happily helping along our greens, some herbs and even a few bush beans, I figured it was worth a little experimentation in tomatoes and peppers as well. I planted 3…
January 24, 2012