return of the son of revenge of the peppers (and one onion)

[edenfalling]

I had so much fun growing peppers last summer that I decided to try again this year! But partly because carrying seedlings home is a pain (not to mention getting to Agway in the first place is a pain), I decided to take the hard route and grow them from seeds, which I could conveniently purchase at my grocery store.

I planted thirteen seeds on Friday, April 11th, and left them on the table beside my kitchen windows. As of tonight — Wednesday, April 23rd — six of them have sprouted! The sprouts are tiny, but still. Sprouts! I am very excited.





I also happened to have an onion that I had purchased with the intent of, you know, chopping it up for pot roast or chicken soup or whatever, but which had plans of its own and unexpectedly sprouted. So I stuck it in a pot — also on April 11th — and it’s still sitting out on my deck, placidly growing despite the best efforts of the local squirrels to discover what strange and fascinating nut might be buried next to the bulb. *shakes fist at squirrels*

So yeah. Dilettante tabletop gardening project year two is GO. :-)

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[branchandroot]

Go, little seedlings, go!

Also, squirrels, omg, they are the gardening plague. I honestly took to making shots out the screen door with my little starter recurve bow one year, after they dug up my bulbs once too often.

[edenfalling]

A seventh one sprouted on Thursday while I was at work. 7 of 13 is over 50%, so yay! :-D And the ones that sprouted Wednesday are already starting to open their teeny tiny first pair of leaves. They are ridiculously adorable, omg.

I think if I had a proper garden-in-ground, I'd be equally worried about deer -- I've never spotted one in my yard, but I've definitely seen them at the high school which is only a few blocks away -- but deer don't usually climb onto decks so squirrels are my chief enemy. *shakes fist of rage at them on general principle*