Yay seeds!

Most of my seeds germinated in about 3 days, which was close enough to instant gratification for me. In fact, I had to hussle to get the lights up, and then had an issue with overloading the outlet that worked just fine last year. Hmmm….

So I relocated the whole operation, and everything is cooking right along. I’ve left them all on the heat mat, except for the brocolli, which I moved to its own little tray. No sign of the artichoke yet, but I think I read that they are a bit slow.

Flush with my first-round success, I also started some leftover echinacea ‘white swan’ from last year, and some seeds saved from some store-bought grape tomatoes, just for kicks. Oh and some sweet basil from a random seed packet I got in some promo mailing last year. I feel like ‘what the heck? give it a shot’ but will secretly be sad if NOTHING comes up from these.

I have set aside my round 3 seeds–mostly melons–for starting in mid-April. I got a new watermelon and a cantelope from Irish Eyes this year, plus I have one of each from last year (Parks) and some Dixon melon seeds I saved a couple of years ago. Hopefully this year, I can protect them from the deer. I didn’t get a single melon last year.