This week has been devoted to germination: doing very little other than making sure that my Jiffy pellets were kept nice and moist and seeing absolutely nothing until....
I got a call late yesterday afternoon that my creeping thyme, wild arugula and mini basil had all sprouted! Yippee! I will be back in the city in a few hours to witness the sproutedness with my own peepers. I hope to post a picture as well
The sad news is that I have been most interested in getting some fresh dill up in smoggy basil land so let's hope this week is dill-riffic
Jiffy pellets instructed me to keep only the two biggest sprouts in each pellet. I'm not sure that I have the heart to weed out the smaller sprouts - after all, I am no giant myself and my husband is quite the opposite - but maybe Jiffy does know best.
I will keep you posted, dear readers.
On that very note: this blog may feature insightful posts from my friend and co-worker V who is similarly trying to garden in the urban jungle. As of late last week, her peas had sprouted but her herbs were as slow as mine to head towards the sun. She lives in a neighborhood far from mine and has her garden on her roof (!) so this will be an interesting growing season comparing both sun angles and garden locations
PS: When I googled 'germinating seeds' to try and find an apt image for this post, all the top images were instructions on how to germinate illicit seeds. Fascinating, but not the route I'm taking
PPS: I am also posting a picture of dill in an attempt to get my dill to sprout already
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