Very cool thing going on

So our seedlings are growing and growing. Some of the Black Krim tomatoes have gotten so big that I put them into compostable pots this morning.  I'm still debating whether I like these pots or if it would be preferable to use the cheap, black plastic ones which could be reused for several years.  We'll see.

Pictures, I swear will be coming eventually.  I just need to get them off the camera.  Hopefully, this weekend.

While you're waiting for pictures ('cause I know you're waiting with bated breath...all three of you.) here's a very cool thing going on in Frogtown involving green beans.
I have a great love of growing beans...I wonder if we could encourage something similar for the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood....

If anyone reading this is in the twin cities, there's a sale on rain barrels and compost bins going on.

I know Ry wants to build our compost bins and rain barrels, but he's been talking about a lot of projects going on for this summer, plus camping. Plus, me going into grad school (hopefully). Plus gardening. Plus toddlers. Plus dogs.

It might be worth our time to just buy them.

Just a quick update

So, I'll try to update every week or so, although, until this snow melts, it'll be sporadic.

Seedlings continue to do well.  It looks like I'm still having trouble with spinach, only 1 in 4 sprouted at all.  But from what I understand, spinach is kinda tricky.  No worries, that was just a test row anyway.

I haven't mentioned something, but now it seems safe to:
Around the middle of February, I signed up for the community garden that's two blocks from my house.  I haven't mentioned it before because I wasn't sure it was going to happen since I know that community garden plots can be in high demand.  I'm still not entirely sure where we are in that process, but they have deposited my $25 check, so I'm assuming that I've got either a 40' or 64' plot.  I suspect I won't know until we go to the mandatory meeting in April.

I'm brilliant

I was just having a discussion on FB about being careful about growing seedlings in windows and how it can make them too leggy. Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away...I had another house, another garden and another life.  And we had a brilliant seedling set up. I do sometimes mourn the loss of that set up (although I don't mourn the loss of the life that I led).    I learned early on that if you place the light source too far away from the seedlings, you end up with leggy plants.

So, remember this picture from the other day? I'm...okay with this set up.  I'm not especially as happy about it as I'd like to be.  When starting seedlings indoors, I've always been told that you need your light source as close to the seedlings as possible without scorching them.  Especially if you're using a fairly weak light source like the light we've got.  I tried moving the light closer to the plants yesterday and it's just awkward and weird and I don't like it.

It just occurred to me that the seedlings are sitting on an adjustable shelf.  Instead of moving the light closer to the plants, I could just move the plants closer to the light.

Sheesh.  It only took me 4 days to figure that out....