Okay, I couldn’t stand it. I had to start gardening.

I got a couple little window boxes on sale last month and a bag of dirt. I dug into my seed stash and grabbed some of the cheapo 10 cents a pack seeds and got them ready. I watered my dirt for a day, letting it get good and soaked. Then Tuesday, I planted them. So far, nothing has sprouted. But then, it’s only been two days. I am a little anxious though.

I planted… Lettuce. Several varieties. Salad Bowl, Red Salad Bowl, Simpson’s Curled, Royal Oak Leaf, Prizeleaf and Ashley. I planted a pot with Little Marvel Peas. One with a few Danver’s #126 carrots and another with Evergreen Bunching Onions. And some Bloomsdale long-standing spinach.

My window gets a LOT of sun, so I hope that will help to warm them and get the little dudes rolling.

I had some left over window covering film, so I lightly laid that over them to make a little greenhouse effect for a while. I thought about setting them on my heating pad, but I don’t know that might be a little dangerous as well as not necessary. It’s at least in the high 60’s in my house, really closer to 68 – 70. If nothing else, it will be a learning experience. I’ve done some early seedlings in the house before, but not to a very large scale at all. I’ve been saving up toilet tissue tubes to make some cool seed starters in a few weeks… I need to just settle on the heirloom seed catalogs and pick what I want! Problem is, I want like toooo many for my needs. I need to narrow it down some and ORDER!

At least now, though, I’ll have something green to report on!!! Yah!