Hacked off lettuce.
I know I always start my seeds too early. But never before have I actually had to eat the lettuce I was growing in my 40 cell seed starter.
It feels very cannabalistic. But I had to. The lettuce was 6 inches high and growing fast!
I confess, it was quite tasty. And I confess to adding liquid fertilizer to the grow tray after the slaughter. Why not? Hydroponic gardeners do that, right?
Lettuce watching me.
But the remains are sitting on the desk, in front of the big window, watching me. It’s really, really weird. Now it’s all hacked off. And it’s all my fault.
This year, like every year, I started lettuce and beets in the basement in early February. The plan was to put the healthy transplants in the ground in early March.
The plan was thwarted by 6 inches of snow, followed closely by 2 inches of pure ice and topped off with another 4 inches of snow. It fell almost 2 weeks ago but still, it lingers.
Tomatoes ready for bigger pots.
I usually gauge transplant time pretty well. I guess weather forecasters aren’t the only ones being thrown off by the moving jet stream and the heating planet. Nonetheless, tomato babies and seedling peppers are up in the basement nursery, too.
Here’s hoping I get the start of Summer a bit better than I did Spring! Happy gardening everyone!
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