My seed starting station. Celeriac sprouted their true leaves and were potted up accordingly. Celery has just germinated, I had to wait for my seeds so they're slightly behind their celeriac 'siblings' we'll call them. Petunias are almost ready to pot up and we're waiting on ground cherries and peppers to make an appearance. I have lots of leeks and red onions started, the rest of the onions will be direct seeded in the garden. I started a few cabbage, broccoli and kohlrabi plants indoors to see how they'll do planted out in the cold frame. That's about it for now. I won't be starting my tomatoes for a little bit yet and I'll be starting a few more things for early transplants. I also fully planted my second cold frame over the weekend with lots of spinach, a few pea plants, lots of radishes, bok choy, tatsoi, mizuna, mustard greens and various lettuces. I then covered the seeds with a row cover like the other cold frame which will help keep in heat and moisture, aiding in germination. 

I am super lucky to have some red onions left over from last year. Perfect timing for salad season. I kind of saved them since we don't eat a lot of raw foods during the cold winter months and I mostly use red onions raw. 

Potting up Chinese cabbage seedlings, desperate for homegrown greens! I'll be able to move these outdoors sooner than later as long as the weather co-operates. You can usually get away with planting Chinese cabbage closer together than traditional cabbage plants, they do not seem to mind any crowding. 

I planted my cold frame on Saturday and covered it with a layer of agribon, AKA row cover. I planted the same seeds around the overwintered crops of arugula, kale, kohlrabi, bok choy and mâché. I planted new lettuce and radishes, maybe even something else I'm forgetting. I need to plant my other cold frame today that will contain mostly spinach and other greens. I'll plant lots of spinach since I rarely plant any in the main garden in the spring. Spinach just doesn't love the heat. 

The cold frames aren't the only things enjoying the sun, Boris was catching some rays all morning. 

Parsley.

I can never grow enough parsley. I use it a lot in cooking, as a garnish and as a snack. I eat the green leaves whenever I'm tooling around the garden. I grow both curly and flat leaf varieties, loving them both for different reasons. Did you know parsley is much more than just a garnish? It's sometimes referred to as the healthiest herb due to it's nutritional content. Parsley is a very good source of fiber, vitamins A, C and K, folate, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, copper and manganese. Parsley is also a good source of vitamin e, thiamin, riboflavin, vitamin B6, niacin, pantothenic acid, phosphorus, zinc and protein. It's delicious too and hardly lives up to it's 'just a garnish' reputation. Try topping all your meals with fresh parsley. Grow a plant in your flower garden, a container on your deck or in your garden. It's a fairly compact plant if you harvest it often. 

Once my boyfriend has enough time to, he's going to build us a new kitchen table. We have the wood set aside, it's some of the hardwood we prepped ourselves. When we do I'm not going to allow myself to do this. The kitchen table is a great spot for projects, it's not so great when it takes forever to clear the table to eat. As a holistic nutrition consultant I tell all my clients to eat at the table with your loved ones. I need to make my kitchen table an easy spot to sit and eat and stop covering it in my projects. 

Hope Seeds.

I received some hope in the mail today, my order came in from Hope Seeds. Time to start some celery to join the celeriac and other early seedlings. It's a super sunny day for seed starting and daydreaming about spring.