Waking up to snow covering your lawn this time of year is a bummer. It will melt quickly, but it is tough for those of us who want to be playing in the soil.
The weather this week looks promising. So I will get outside and do more clean up from last year. If I am really lucky the ground will thaw enough for me to pull some of last year’s plants from the ground.
Many of the seedlings are doing well. True leaves are starting to appear on everyone. Even my tiny strawberry plants have started to develop true leaves.
It was exciting to see the rosemary seedling this morning. Rosemary takes a long time to germinate. So after almost a month one plant is up. Maybe there will be more, but I am pleased to at least see one.
Last week I show how well my thyme was doing. You can see and read about it here. Somewhere in the middle of the week the thyme dried up and almost all died. I was really surprised because the soil looked damp, but I did not look close enough. A few are still surviving so that will be ok.
I also planted a few Pruden’s Purple tomatoes. Pruden’s Purple is an heirloom tomato. It is similar to a beef-steak style tomato but bigger and meatier. It has become one of my favorite varieties.
Until everything thaws most of my work is watering seedling and making sure they are doing well. Quickly re-planting if I make a mistake.
What are you doing? How are your seedlings?
Enjoy this season, learn from last season, and look forward to next season.
Good to see your progress. I’ve done zero seed starting this year.