Direct seed update

Spent a few hours at the garden plots today. Although it's been cold lately, the soil is finally starting to dry out. Should be able to rototill soon. Today I dug out the last of the tuberous comfrey and horsetails from the future dahlia and tomato beds. Surprisingly, the soil in those beds looks pretty good - nearly black, not too much clay, and lots of worms and bugs (that means the soil is alive and well). I'll just top them off with 4-way and I'll be good to go.

The radish, lettuce, and mesclun blend sown 2 weeks ago have all come up and are going strong. I'll keep them under plastic for another week or two until they get some true leaves and really start growing fast.

Radish sprouts thinned to 1-2" to give them room to start developing.

Mesclun blend will be thinned when leaves reach eating size.

Back at home in the closet, the tomatoes are really doing well. The Stupice seedling is beginning to flower! If it warms back up, these will go out to the cold frame end of next week, grow there for a week or more, and be ready to go outside under plastic mid-May with fruit already set.

Stupice tomato with buds already!