Woohoo, lookie there! We have our first seedlings of the season! Even though we’ll be raising well over a thousand plants this season, our first of the season are always a special moment for us!
If you’re a beginner this season, this will always be a profound moment for you, every season. While it’s not on the same level as something like having kids, creating life where it otherwise wouldn’t exist is always signficant.
The effort of “popping off” seeds rarely gets old for us. Each seed germinated is a path forward to a full blown plant, each representing hope for the future. It doesn’t always work out as we planned, but each one brings us closer to our desired goal.
We’ll eventually discuss the many challenges the “from seed” grower faces. From our perspective, germination is the easy part. But, getting a plant from here all the way to our garden is the much more difficult path.
Remember, our goal isn’t to produce seedlings. Our goal is the garden. So strap in, pay attention to those seedlings and remember that you are the only reason they are there!
Exciting!!!
I am gearing up to start brussel sprouts soon, and was telling my husband that I am actually having a slight feeling of trepidation in doing so….I know once I start those, then it will be only a matter of days/weeks til I start the next seeds and the next and so forth. Then comes the hard part of keeping them alive until ready to plant outside!!!! Feeling slightly silly at myself, because I have never felt anxious over previous years of smaller gardens. But those other years I was always confident in our crops, and they ended up being small yields. So I think a big part is that those past sub-par years makes me a little anxious to try a bigger garden, and being disappointed at the end…..
Excellent! I totally get that, we had a similar growth process when we jumped from a hobby garden into real production! It’ll be fine, though, it’s just more of what you all ready know! The tougher part is learning how to deal with all the excess and balancing all the simultaneous harvests in a timely way. You’ll be fine, though! Good luck this season and thanks for your comment.