This has got to be one of my favorite things to do!
Seriously, to take tiny little seeds and somehow feed an entire family for months off of what they produce is incredible! I absolutely love it! However, life can get busy, and tasks like this can be hard to fit in some times. I'm getting it done though!
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
From peppers and tomatoes to kiwanos and noodle beans, @papa-pepper loves to grow! Originally, I got into gardening because I heard that you could get free food, and that hasn't changed! Being connected to your food supply is also a huge bonus, and it is not something that we take lightly.
Personally, I do not like to plant multiple seeds into the same cell of a planting tray and then have to kill the extra ones that sprout. Somehow, it just seems wrong to me. That's why I use a method where I place the seeds in moist paper towel to germinate them. Then, whichever seeds actually sprout get their own spot in the soil, and no one has to die in the process.
Back in Wisconsin I would start my pepper seeds first, often sometime between the end of January and mid-February. Then, I would slowly work my way through the rest of the plants. While I certainly do have a longer growing season down here in Arkansas, I still like to get some started indoors ahead of time. However, I'm running behind this year with all that is going on. I do have some sprouted though, and more on the way, so at least I am making progress.
Besides the regular and also strange foods that we like to grow, we also enjoy a variety of herbs. While the medicinal ones sure do have their place, we also like to grow a some for teas or seasonings. In the photo above is some tiny little German Chamomile plants sprouting.
I've got a lot left to plant this year, but I'm happy to be started, even if it is a little later than I'd like. As far as some new ones for this year that I've already got sprouted, Koren Goji Berries are a special one for us. Since they supposedly do better in our area than Chinese Goji Berries, and since they are perennials (which means that they will be back for years to come once they get started) we are happy to be starting many new ones from seed. I have a few plants that I got last year too, but it is always exciting to start new ones from seed. Are there any new plants that you are growing this year? Do you have any of your seeds planted already?
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-seedlings
Until next time…
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