Updates

Yesterday, I transplanted all the zucchini sprouts into their own, individual pots.  I ended up with 14 potted zucchini plants.  One of them had gotten large enough that I probably should've done the transplant sooner, as I ended up breaking some of its roots.  We'll see if it survives.  

And last night, I left all the zukes and the carrots out.  I think we're past all chances of freezing now.  They're sheltered under the eaves on the deck because I knew it was going to rain all night and all day today.  I don't think they're old enough to handle that much extra water.  Anyway, I went out and checked on them this morning and they all seem to be doing fine.

I had a dream last night wherein my mother was asking me if I was ever going to transplant the tomatoes.  Umm, yah.  I do plan to do that soon.  But I need more dirt.

The lettuce seeds I planted on the 22nd starting showing sprouts yesterday.  5 days from planting to sprouting.  Yay.  The new carrot seeds haven't made an appearance yet.  But they're outside now, too, so maybe that will encourage them to poke their heads up.

Part of me wants to plant some other stuff.  Spinach maybe.  I do love me some fresh spinach.  Potatoes?  Strawberries?  We'll see.  This is already a lot of work, so I may not get too far afield of what I've already done.

If you could plant anything you wanted, what would you plant?  What are some of your favorite fresh produces?  

The Beginnings of Growth

 Let's start out with some pictures...  

Those are my carrots.

These are my lettuces.

Both the carrots and the lettuce are 14 days old.  The lettuce started out in an egg carton and were transplanted into ice cream tubs at 9 days old.  I attempted transplanting carrots this morning.  Note: There's a reason why they say you can't transplant carrots.  Their roots are like fine white hairs at this point and I don't think it's humanly possible to get those roots straight so they can grow into nice carrots.  We'll see.  I may have to simply thin those out and be satisfied with only a few carrots reaching maturity instead of the plethora of shoots that came up.

I also have three containers with zucchinis planted - 6 seeds per container - and an egg carton with tomato seeds planted.  One tomato showed itself this morning.  15 days out.  Slow pokes.  

The zucchinis were planted later than the rest, so it's only been 7 days.  

I have a spreadsheet to keep track of the dates and progress.  I'll talk about that another time.

I'm also keeping track of two cedar seedlings. I pulled them out of my flower gardens and transplanted them into a pot.  They're only about 2 inches high, but I hope to get them big enough to put into the north side of our yard.  

Let's face it, folks, I'm a writer by nature not a farmer, so there's every possibility I will totally screw this up.  Every regular veggie garden I've ever planted was a bust.  But hey, if it works, we'll have fresh veggies without having to trek to the store.  Fingers crossed.