Started hardening the hardies

Putting them out in the shade for a few hours in the warmer part of the day, then back under lights.  (Only on days that are ~+5 or warmer.)

GAGA plot granted!!!!!!!!! OMG OMG OMG

OMG!  This happened way sooner than I had anticipated!  Getting a plot this year!!!  It will be a temporary plot, then next year it's expected I'll get my own actual plot.

What in HOLY HECK am I going to do with 1000 square feet!!!  I foresee many donations to the local food bank if all goes/grows well!

It comes at the perfect time though, with my backyard about to be torn up this year for foundation work.  Even the untouched parts of the backyard garden will likely be decimated by the groundhogs when the fence comes down for the foundation stuff.

So, yay!

But equally, eek!!!  

:-)

Started lettuce: Romaine and Ruby (not doing BSS this year)

^^^

Started more peppers, and chard, forget-me-nots, and coreopsis

The forget-me-nots are from the prime seed collected in 2023.

The coreopsis are from my collected seed from 2023.

The peppers are Early California (typical green bell peppers) and Hungarian something or other, both new to me this year.

The chard is of course the good old Fordhook.