Very anxious seeds! The joy of germination....

**nctomatoman** · February 17, 2008

The 2008 season is officially underway - I planted a flat of mixed greens, herbs and flowers on Friday. So, here it is Sunday morning - lo and behold, there are Arugula, Basil and Lettuce seedlings poking their heads up - two days!

Thanks to Tomaddict, I am going to grow a mixture of different lettuces (my generous pal sent me a bit of nearly 20 different types). Now I gotta get out there and grub the chickweek out of the lettuce row, give it a dig and get it ready!

What a great time of year this is! Today I finish seeding the hot peppers....later this week, tomato time!

gssgarden · February 17, 2008

Just about the same here. Peppers went into flats yesterday, along with lettuce, (Jhonny's All-Star mix is excellent), Spinach and Carrots went in the ground.
Two weeks until tomatoes for me but sure is plenty of fun getting ready!

Sniiiiiffffff...can you smell Spring in the air?

The local farms are showing signs of green in the fields too. Starting to get a little color around here. Love it.

Greg

shelleybean · February 17, 2008

Yep, it's a great time of year. Good to get our hands back in the dirt.

I just planted sugar snap peas, snow peas and radishes. My lettuce and cabbage seedlings are ready to harden off. All my eggplant seed has germinated and most of the peppers. I might sow some beets next weekend. 8)

Ruth_10 · February 18, 2008

Aaarrrghhhhhhhhhh! It's still too early here.

gardengalrn · February 19, 2008

Oh, the joy of those first seeds sprouting!! Speaking of lettuce, I found several varieties in Cook's Garden that I wanted to try but have so much various lettuce seed that I thought I would wait until next year. Yugoslavian Red and the Heatwave blend and Curly Ruffle Mix looked interesting. I have 10 Rosemary sprouts and a flat of Blue Bedder sage under lights right now. I'm going to start some carnation and a few other things but not sure what I will do with them when I start the whole tomato operation. I did put some "winter sow" flats out because I knew I would never have room for everything. I put some Stupice out there so I could compare them to what I will start early in here.

February 17, 2008	#1
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Very anxious seeds! The joy of germination.... The 2008 season is officially underway - I planted a flat of mixed greens, herbs and flowers on Friday. So, here it is Sunday morning - lo and behold, there are Arugula, Basil and Lettuce seedlings poking their heads up - two days! Thanks to Tomaddict, I am going to grow a mixture of different lettuces (my generous pal sent me a bit of nearly 20 different types). Now I gotta get out there and grub the chickweek out of the lettuce row, give it a dig and get it ready! What a great time of year this is! Today I finish seeding the hot peppers....later this week, tomato time! __________________ Craig

February 17, 2008	#3
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	Yep, it's a great time of year. Good to get our hands back in the dirt. I just planted sugar snap peas, snow peas and radishes. My lettuce and cabbage seedlings are ready to harden off. All my eggplant seed has germinated and most of the peppers. I might sow some beets next weekend. 8) __________________ Michele

February 18, 2008	#4
Ruth_10 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MO z6a near St. Louis Posts: 1,349	Aaarrrghhhhhhhhhh! It's still too early here. __________________ --Ruth Some say the glass half-full. Others say the glass is half-empty. To an engineer, it’s twice as big as it needs to be.

February 19, 2008	#5
gardengalrn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kansas, zone 5 Posts: 524	Oh, the joy of those first seeds sprouting!! Speaking of lettuce, I found several varieties in Cook's Garden that I wanted to try but have so much various lettuce seed that I thought I would wait until next year. Yugoslavian Red and the Heatwave blend and Curly Ruffle Mix looked interesting. I have 10 Rosemary sprouts and a flat of Blue Bedder sage under lights right now. I'm going to start some carnation and a few other things but not sure what I will do with them when I start the whole tomato operation. I did put some "winter sow" flats out because I knew I would never have room for everything. I put some Stupice out there so I could compare them to what I will start early in here. __________________ ~Lori "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." -Abraham Lincoln

February 17, 2008	#2
gssgarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.C. Posts: 1,821	Just about the same here. Peppers went into flats yesterday, along with lettuce, (Jhonny's All-Star mix is excellent), Spinach and Carrots went in the ground. Two weeks until tomatoes for me but sure is plenty of fun getting ready! Sniiiiiffffff...can you smell Spring in the air? The local farms are showing signs of green in the fields too. Starting to get a little color around here. Love it. Greg