A Beginning

The order from Seed Savers came in on Saturday. So, today we got almost all of the seeds in soil. I think we might be a little behind schedule for tomatoes and maybe a few other things, but hopefully it'll all work out. We decided against using yogurt cups to plant the seedlings in mainly because it just isn't worth it to buy yogurt at the store (instead of making it at home) just to get the containers. We bought a few of the little black plastic containers you see above, which really keeps things more organized anyway.

Inside this year we have two cat-proofable windowsills (instead of just one) set aside for seedlings. I haven't worked out the final cat-proofing plans, but will need to get that done before the delicious green seedlings show themselves. In prior years, a wall of construction paper around the shelf with the seeds on it has done the trick. We won't have to deal with that with our greens, peas, nasturtiums and radishes which we direct seeded outside.


Laika and Midge, my plant-eating friends, had an exciting time watching birds fly by the balcony today. You can almost tell how tense and excited they were from this picture.