While it’s so goddawful hot outside, I’m thinking ahead to fall plants and next year’s spring crops. I have to pull out my fall planting guide that I received at the WDC Gardener Magazine Seed Swap this past January. I’m sure I should have started a bunch of stuff already… I also have to think about what I’m going to start next spring. Now I have a cold frame, so I can start things even earlier. Who knows, I might even get organized enough to do some Winter Sowing.
I just ordered coconut pellets for the next batch of plant starts. No more peat pellets if I can possibly help it. Peat pellets have been the most reliable method of seed starting for me, but the environmental toll that harvesting peat causes, negates the benefit of my growing food for myself. Coconut fiber is supposedly more sustainable (until someone tells me otherwise) which makes me feel better about using these pellets.
In the meantime, I’ll be sitting in the house, enjoying the A/C, and looking at pictures of what is outside:
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