Wow! Outdoor WS sproutlings still alive despite cold nights near -10!

Very neat -- the paper-towel-germinated kale and chards that I then put outdoor in WS jugs, which popped above ground a week or two ago, are somehow still alive despite staying outside overnight, uncovered, during several cold nights nearing minus 10.

First stevia harvest! (a few leaves, for pruning)

Delicious!

Hardening off of onions, parsley, broccoli, and celery started today

Hardening will be a bit sporadic because the weather forecast is so-so.

But today started with 1 or 2 hours in the afternoon shade, around 2 or 3 degrees.

Song sparrow, FOY in the backyard!

Sitting in the tray feeder.

Welcome!

Lots of white fuzz growth on the newest potted-ups! I'm not worried though, will "leave" it be.

The previous seedings had some white fuzz but not much at all; but the ones I potted up the other day, holy moly lots of white fuzz on top now!  Given this is my home-made mix I'm not worried, will let it be.

Wow -- the March 12th seeds are all a-popping! Potted up, including WS some kales and chards

So yeah, for the WS-style, I potted up some of the kales and chards into the outdoor WS containers and taped them up.  I'll put them outside when it's not much colder than around zero, and will either bring them in or put them under a blanket when it's colder than zero.

Kale, chard, lettuce, forget-me-not, and coreopsis started in PT

Started lots of seeds today, all in PT.  For the kale, once sprouted it will be mostly-all outside (inside at night) because kale never grows well inside for me for some reason.

Kale:

- Vates Blue Curled (a new-to-me variety this year in the hopes that it will be a shorter variety, so easier to keep under tulle without touching the tulle re: white cabbage moth)

- White Russian

Chard:

- Barese (a new-to-me variety this year in the hopes that it will be a shorter variety, so easier to keep under tulle without touching the tulle re: white cabbage moth)

- Fordhood (old faithful)

Coreopsis (new-to-me plant; seeds from veganic Ferme de l'Aube)

Lettuce (I rarely used to start lettuce indoors, but it's so slow to grow outside in cool spring weather so will try giving it a head start this year):

- Romaine (Paris)

- Ruby Leaf

- Black Seeded Simpson

The rabbit disappeared a month+ ago -- no more droppings

^^^