I can take no credit. Keith planted these and has been keeping track of germination rates (Basil, 3 days from germination, etc.) He even bought a heat mat for underneath the pepper seedlings and discovered that’s the trick since they took so long last year.
Our grow lamp blew, so these seedlings are under a fluorescent light while the new bulb is on order. After we go to the greenhouse supply store this weekend, we’ll plant more since the seeds arrived. I hope to get outside and start putting up the plastic for low tunnels in Peber’s Point so that we can try experimenting. I think I’ll buy a battery operated inside/outside thermometer with memory to see what the temp overnight was inside and outside the plastic tunnels. I guess some letuces can grow in 30 degree weather. I saw a picture in another blog of kale under snow. Just brush away the snow and pick the kale for dinner.
That’d be so neat, except Kale sucks, so I hope to find other cold-hardy veggies. I also think I need to start reading up on chickens. I guess there are so many varieties – just breezing through Martha Stewart’s magazine, I see all these weird looking chickens that lay blue eggs, or green eggs, etc. I guess there are different types that are better in colder climates, etc. so that might be my homework this weekend in addition to everything else on the agenda.
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