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First Pepper Seedlings of '08
Well, here are the first little buggers of 2008! I followed my friend Maggie's advice to plant peppers on St Patrick's Day and they came up on Easter! How fitting. We'll see if starting them this early gives them a head start, or just gives me a headache with so many larger seedlings to fit under the lights come June.
When do ya'll start your peppers? Do you start cold weather veggies indoors too? When do you start them? Is it just madness to start earlier every year?
March 24, 2008 in Seedlings | Permalink | Comments (8)
And so it begins...
The start of the 2008 gardening season is upon us! Had a seed exchange with friends last week, I've been looking at seed sites and catalogs for weeks, and I planted my first seeds yesterday! On a tip from my friend Maggie, I started my peppers on St. Patrick's Day. She did it last year and said her peppers were bigger by the time they could be transplanted and she got more peppers sooner. Sounds good to me!
I planted Jimmy Nardellos - my favorite; Alma Paprika; red, yellow, and orange mini peppers; Sweet Chocolate; and new comers - Rellano, and Cal Wonder Orange. Still going to start Thai Dragons and some more of all the rest - just in case!
I still need to put in my tomato order at Tomatofest.com and at seedsavers.org, but first I have to figure out; what I have, what I need, and how much more I can cram in to my small garden this year.
I'm not growing Romanesco again, that's for sure!
What are you growing/not growing this year?
March 18, 2008 in Peppers | Permalink | Comments (4)
