Seedy

I got the vegetable seeds sown on Wednesday. I had just enough seedling soil left over from last year to plant them, but I'll need some more soon for the transplanting, assuming the seeds come up. Many of them are older seeds, so I planted a lot in each pot hoping that at least some of them will sprout. They should. They're not that old.

All planted and ready to grow. Transplanting outdoors won't happen until at least mid May.

Basil on the left, tomatoes and hot peppers in the middle, and zukes and pumpkins on the right.

I planted eight varieties of tomato, two varieties of hot pepper, two varieties of pumpkin, some zucchini, and a bunch of basil (I had three packs of basil seeds ranging from about eight years old to new, so I planted some of each). Once they sprout (fingers crossed), I'll thin all the seedlings down and save about three of each tomato, two zukes, and one pumpkin each. I'll transplant as much basil as I can into bigger pots for the deck and put some out in the garden plot.

And, speaking of the deck, my plan for today or tomorrow is to power wash it and set it up for summer, including opening the barbecue grill for business. I think we're planning to grill hamburgers for today's lunch. The weather is predicted to be very pleasant.