Sprouts!
Less than three full days after planting, our broccoli and cabbage seeds are sprouting!
This is excellent news. We don't have our seed tray on a heated mat or anything, but it looks like it is plenty warm enough in the house to get them started (at least these cool-weather guys!). They also get lots of direct sunlight on the porch:
With all the shades pulled wide open, there is direct sunlight in here (barring the 20 minutes it's in that little shadow you see) for just about as long as the sun is up, because this room is lit from the east, south, and west. That is an excellent feature of this house. At the Red House we didn't have such big windows, and the way the house was oriented on the lot, we were always struggling to get enough sunlight in a lot of places (indoors or out). Hopefully this will be enough to get these seedlings off to a good start!
Update
I originally posted the bit above this morning. Now it is afternoon, and it is a sunny 55 degrees. The kids are playing baseball in the yard (after having lunch outside on the patio), and I saw this on my way to get the mail:
This is excellent news. We don't have our seed tray on a heated mat or anything, but it looks like it is plenty warm enough in the house to get them started (at least these cool-weather guys!). They also get lots of direct sunlight on the porch:
With all the shades pulled wide open, there is direct sunlight in here (barring the 20 minutes it's in that little shadow you see) for just about as long as the sun is up, because this room is lit from the east, south, and west. That is an excellent feature of this house. At the Red House we didn't have such big windows, and the way the house was oriented on the lot, we were always struggling to get enough sunlight in a lot of places (indoors or out). Hopefully this will be enough to get these seedlings off to a good start!
Update
I originally posted the bit above this morning. Now it is afternoon, and it is a sunny 55 degrees. The kids are playing baseball in the yard (after having lunch outside on the patio), and I saw this on my way to get the mail:
That is the one of the Siberian squill bulbs I planted last fall starting to bloom. These are early bulbs, but February is really early. They've been poking up since early January, though, since it's been so warm all winter. Hopefully these won't get ruined in a freak freeze or blizzard in March. For now, I'll take it as a welcome reminder that spring is only 27 days away.
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