Besides the turnips, the peas and spinach from the first sowing are up. I'm going to have to thin the turnips--the seeds are so small that 2 or 3 ended up in every hole, and THEY ALL SPROUTED.
I haven't seen the onions or cornsalad--I'm afraid it was just too cold for them, and I'll need to replant.
From the 2nd sowing, the arugula is up, but nothing else yet.
(UPDATE: April 1, and the kohlrabi is peeking out!)
In the house, I've started a tray with "American Flag" leeks, "Bella" hot peppers, "Mercury" bell peppers, cabbage, and basil.
I'm thinking of trying, just as an experiment, planting potatoes which have sprouted in my cupboard, and trying to sprout some sweet potatoes and carrots the same way. I would need to add 1'x1'x1' frames to get the soil deep enough for these kinds of root vegetables. I'm also thinking of trying to grow another variety of bell pepper, this one from the seeds of the pepper I'm currently eating on my salads. Plus, I have a half-dozen different kinds of beans in my closet for bean soups and such--will they germinate? Will they grow? And what if I planted some of my popcorn? ;-)
I don't have ROOM to try everything I'm thinking of...
I still need to do remediation along the fence--dig out lots of stones, add lots of compost. Time is flying!
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So, do you have some overalls yet? It's the official uniform of farmers. After all, Mr. Greenjeans of Captain Kangeroo wore them, as did my uncle in Logan, who grew hay, beef cattle, and a BIG garden (he plowed it with a tractor), in addition being a professor of electrical engineering at Utah State.
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