Garden Update

I’m slowly starting my garden seeds. In January I direct sowed brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, snow peas and some spinach. So far there might be one seedling that is growing. It’s very tiny and I think it looks like a brassicaceae, but it could also be a weed. I’ll find out when it gets true leaves. 

This week I did my next round of seed starting. These were sown indoors since they are tomatoes, tomatillos, and peppers. I tried the snail starting method for the first time and made only a little bit of a mess. To make these soil roll ‘snails’, I took some scrap fabric added soil, folded the fabric over, and rolled it all up like a cinnamon roll. Next I watered the rolls very well and added the seeds on top. One drawback I’m realizing is that if you are doing multiple types of the same plant in the same roll it is difficult to label them. I decided to not label my seeds so hopefully I have enough of a gap between seed types that I’ll know which tomatoes are which.