I started a lot of pepper and tomato seeds indoors this year under my grow light. A few of them have already made it out to the garden, and a few more will join them this weekend. Another handful are already promised to friends. But that leaves 10 or so extras that need to find [...]
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Adopt a tomato or pepper seedling
Posted in Gardening, tagged DC, seedlings on April 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
What seedlings can you buy now?
Posted in Food, Gardening, tagged DC, Dupont Circle farmer's market, farmers' market, seedlings on March 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Fellow DC-area garden blogger The Dirty Radish had a rant last week about tomato and basil seedlings being on sale at local farmers markets. As she wrote: Why are people selling basil and tomatoes now? At least put a warning label on them! While the air temperature may be a balmy 75*F today, that’s not [...]
Weekend Photos: Signs of Spring
Posted in Food, Gardening, tagged basil, cherry blossoms, Dupont Circle farmer's market, flowers, seedlings, spring, tomatoes on March 7, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Oh, it’s glorious outside! We’re finally getting out of this crazy winter. And after having a cold earlier this week, I am feeling that surge of energy and optimism that you get when your sinuses are suddenly open and you can smell and taste and breathe again. Everything’s beautiful.
First Seeds Started!
Posted in Gardening, tagged basil, marigolds, peppers, seedlings, seeds, tomatoes on February 15, 2010 | 5 Comments »
It’s going to be a long time before the snow melts out at my garden plot. And truthfully, I thought I had a few more weeks before I would need to start thinking about seed starting for 2010. But then I saw that both Sylvie of Rappahannock Cook & Kitchen Gardner and Kathy of Skippy’s [...]
Fast Plants
Posted in Gardening, tagged arugula, brassicas, seedlings, seeds on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the beginning of the month I threw a lot of seeds into my empty beds, and a great many of them sprouted. But I’ve been truly amazed by the arugula. In the space of only three weeks, I have been able to harvest baby arugula. It’s an extremely peppery variety (I use the Even’ [...]
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Dr. Carolyn Wins Gold!
Posted in Commentary, tagged olympics, peppers, seedlings, seeds, tomatoes on February 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
After sitting around for a week doing nothing, the pepper and tomato seeds I planted were seriously starting to worry me. I planted three seeds in each little peat pot, and yet nothing was coming up. What if they were just rotting away in there? But today, the Dr. Carolyn yellow cherry tomato won the [...]
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