Seed Starting 2012 | Garden 2012 Update #1

I started the morning by moving our compost pile to a spot in the yard that had a lot of sun. Compost piles that exist in the shade, in the winter, tend to not be as productive since most of the season the upper crust is pretty much frozen (the snow I dug through to get to the compost was at least two weeks old, not charming). Even as cold as it is, there is still activity inside the pile – warm, wet decomposition that is crawling with worms that put our scraps back to work.

Back inside: last year we had pretty good success with starting seeds in the Jiffy peat pellets. We’re hoping for a repeat success this year. We had a few boxes with enough pellets to start 6 “pods” of about a dozen varieties of peppers, eggplants, tomatoes, and a few herbs. Full list, with links to details, at the bottom of this post.

All of the seeds we planted are from the Baker Creek Seed Bank visit we made during our vehicular excursion last summer.

Our current seed starts:

Morado Purple Tomato