Planting seeds

Hello friends! It's time to start your gardens, if you haven't already. I'm a little late getting started, but what's new? I need to prep the garden beds so that I can direct sow peas, beans, radishes, and carrots. My little sister Precious and I started a bunch of seeds yesterday at a friend's greenhouse. It beats the pants off of my little window box, which is on a part of the house that gets mediocre light.

Here's Precious putting seeds in one of our little trays. We planted a bunch of stuff. Off the top of my head I remember:

• Black Krim tomatoes
• German Pineapple tomatoes
• Red pear cherry tomatoes
• White bell peppers
• Orange Bell peppers
• Sweet long Italian peppers
• Pimentos
• Chesapeake Bay Fish Peppers (hot)
• Rainbow Swiss Chard
• Early Cauliflower
• Cheddar Cauliflower
• Broccoli
• Broccoli Raab
• Okra
• Lettuce

Somehow we forgot to plant the kale.

I am beginning to be very excited about spring- the sky was beautiful yesterday, and I was glad it was cool, since we were working in a hothouse. I can't wait to see the first little shoots pushing over tiny clods of earth.