Garden Update – Sprouts and Starts

This past week I started planting my greens in containers on the back deck.  They are easy to grow and they progress pretty quickly. The idea of having fresh greens right outside my back door is really appealing, too.

I’m happy to report that all my greens have sprouted! The thyme has also sprouted, and this year I’m determined to not let it fry in the sun. I am impressed and happy that leftover seeds from 2010 sprouted, too.  That would be the lettuces and braising mix that I got from the Hudson Valley Seed Library.

lettuce sprouts
Lettuce sprouts
braising mix sprouts
Braising mix sprouts
sylvetta arugula sprouts
Sylvetta arugula sprouts

Thyme sprouts are so cute!

thyme sprouts
Thyme sprouts

I’ve also got tomato starts and peppers that can go in the ground soon.  I am excited about eventually trying all these different peppers and tomatoes. Here’s hoping I have a bumper crop.

tomatoes and peppers
Silver fir and stupice tomato, and peppers

My garden plot downstairs is also doing well – I’ve got two tomato plants in there, and have direct sowed some basil seeds.  I also planted some “bees friend”, calendula, and borage.  I’m hopeful that this will bring me more bees to help pollinate!

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2 Replies to “Garden Update – Sprouts and Starts”

  1. Hi there! I noticed your thyme sprouts and couldn’t help but ask how you planted them.
    I also tried planting them in small pots. Basically I just sprinkled them around and didn’t bother covering them with soil. After a couple of days they sprouted. However I was wondering because the period when my thyme had that 2 green leaves sprout, they already have an inch of white stem protruding out the soil.

    1. Hi Kelvin! What I did was put the soil – good quality soil from the Lower East Side Ecology Center here in NYC – in a pot, put a little hole in the top layer of dirt, placed the thyme seeds in there, covered them with dirt, and just kept watering them while giving them as much light as possible. It was a pretty basic approach.

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