This year I intended to grow everything from seed. I bought fresh high quality (paid enough to get that anyway) seeds, mini-greenhouse trays, grow lights, and seedling heating pads. Did all the required stuff and things to start plants inside eight weeks before planting outside.
I got about 10% germination, and half of those died within a week.
You now what germinated like a house afire and is doing great? All the old out-of-date seeds I just tossed out here and there because Why Not. Didn't rake them in. Barely watered them. Didn't cover for the frost. Now there's lettuce, dill, cilantro, cucumbers, and other things coming up like mad.
In hopes we've seen our last frost, I bought plants today....
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| 4 Oregano, 2 different kinds. |
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| 4 Basil, 2 different kinds. |
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| The first 5 tomato plants, 2 kinds. |
The tomatoes here are Early Girl and Amish Paste (an heirloom). I saw Purple Cherokee coming on at the Amish nursery, and that's a favorite of herself. I'll get some in a couple weeks when they are larger. Those, and a few sweet cherry tomatoes for the same reason, and that be our dozen for the season. These are all for munching, sauce, and giving away. For the big sauce run of the year I'll probably get a few cases of Roma's from the farm up the road.
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