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Let us seed
Mar. 14th, 2013 10:18 pmI committed my first act of gardening today. One of my co-workers had told me of a method of growing lettuce that involved sprinkling it on top of melting snow, and as I had a 59 cent package of lettuce seed on hand, I decided to give it a try.
Naturally when I got home I found that the only snow left in my garden was laying on layers of leaves or straw,and I didn't think that would be a good lettuce-rooting medium. Thus I sprinkled the seed on parts of my garden that weren't covered with leaves and/or straw and then shoveled snow from other parts of my yard on top of it. I'm not sure why I didn't shovel the snow first and then sprinkle the seed, but I was tired and it's going to be 50 degrees out tomorrow so it shouldn't matter that much.
I have pansy and viola seeds that I ought to start this weekend, not to mention broccoli and any other cold-weather veggies that need starters-for-transplanting. This leads to the dire thought that I need to go though my seed collection, in the unlikely event that I need to order more seeds for this year. So much to do!
Naturally when I got home I found that the only snow left in my garden was laying on layers of leaves or straw,and I didn't think that would be a good lettuce-rooting medium. Thus I sprinkled the seed on parts of my garden that weren't covered with leaves and/or straw and then shoveled snow from other parts of my yard on top of it. I'm not sure why I didn't shovel the snow first and then sprinkle the seed, but I was tired and it's going to be 50 degrees out tomorrow so it shouldn't matter that much.
I have pansy and viola seeds that I ought to start this weekend, not to mention broccoli and any other cold-weather veggies that need starters-for-transplanting. This leads to the dire thought that I need to go though my seed collection, in the unlikely event that I need to order more seeds for this year. So much to do!
