This past Tuesday I took our daughter to help organize the seed library, and she was floored by the opportunity to pull apart the seeds from a giant sunflower (she’s 4.5 months old). We swapped and categorized a bunch of plants, from annual flowers to veggies and native perennials. I took home some loofah seeds and won’t lie - I’m pretty excited to grow them this year.

We’re getting snow today so I’ve been continuing to split and store seeds for our own purposes, with an extra envelope of each to bring to the library. There’s a grow tent in the garage that’s probably going to be the overflow space for some of our hardier indoor plants so I can devote the grow closet in our hallway to seedlings and starts in the next week.

What’s growing on with you all?

  • David From SpaceAEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    Howdy! It’s ~40s and wet here in the PNW (with the threat of snow!). There are leeks, chard, and herbs happily chugging along outside.

    But the real fun is inside! Earlier this year I built a fun little grow cabinet for a jalepeno, some citrus, and lemongrass. I promptly spent several weeks fighting an aphid infestation.

    So now, I have happy little jalapenos growing, as well as some wee little satsumas.

    And of course, several hundred LITTLE BABY PLANTS!

    I’m getting all the early spring plants going that transplant well - lettuce, kale, arugula, you name it. I’m going to try and grow some carrots inside, we’ll see. Slugs destroyed all mine last year. Also, like 120 onions of different varieties. Geez!