Over a Month into the Project

April 3rd, I planted my first seeds and I'm glad to say most of those are already in the ground. I may have rushed them in my enthusiasm to get that first cucumber, but all appears to be well in the garden. And I have plenty of back up seedlings if the first troops are defeated.

The next problem to solve is really, where am I going to put all my extra little plants? This week I should buy some containers and more soil.

I also need to think about what kind of system of defense I am going to construct to keep the rabbits out of my plot. I'm thinking some kind of wire netting stapled to stakes and put up like a fence around the perimeter of the garden. I want it to be easy for me to move aside so I can get in for watering and weeding (and eventually, harvesting!) without too much fuss.

I put some new dill seeds into the same tray of soil that has refused to give the gift of life to the seeds I planted Aptil 12th. I find it hard to believe they are taking this long to germinate. Something must have gone wrong, though I'm not sure what that could be.

I did the same with the tray mint seeds that haven't sprouted. I just sprinkled in more teeny, tiny seeds, dusted in a little soil, watered it and now I'm hoping for the best.

Come on dill and mint! We're all rooting for you!

More Planting

Got up early this morning and planted some of the seeds I bought yesterday- the mint, basil, and zinnias. The mint seeds were the teeniest tiniest things I have ever seen. It'll be such a miracle to see a plant come from something so small. I planted a tray of each of those three varieties as well as sprinkling a couple of each on separate peat pellets in a mini plastic greenhouse. We'll see if the greenhoused seedlings have a real advantage over the open air ones. This time I took special care to label each tray with the variety and date planted. I was also careful not to plant any seeds too deep in the soil- especially the super mini mint seeds.

I wanted to plant the parsley too, but the package recommends I let them soak overnight. Tomorrow I'll get those planted.

My other seedlings are doing well. The April 3rd bunch look pretty strong and those I planted on the 12th still haven't sprouted, but I'm sure they will soon. Sometimes they move so fast I wish had a video camera pointed at them at all times.

Happy Weekend!