Emerging Tomato Seedlings

So I planted some of my Diggers seeds exactly one week ago - and look at them today!

No action from the capsicums yet - but the tomatoes are going great guns.

I've had them in these re-used seedling trays by a window sill all week - so they've been getting a little bit of sunlight and a water spray when I remember. I haven't had too much luck leaving seedling trays outside - they seem to get fried by the sun or flooded out by the rain - it's been a full on summer here in Queensland.

So the success (so far at least - but hey I count germination as a success in itself) of these tomatoes has spurred me on to plant some of the flame lettuce seeds and add them to the window sill germination camp too - I'll let you know how they go.

Veggie Seeds in the Post

I got a package of seeds in the post today from Diggers - exciting stuff!

It'll be my first big foray into heirloom seeds - I'm especially excited about the soy beans - edamame here we come!

I'm also trying out lucerne as a green manure - you're supposed to grow it where the soil needs improving, then just as its about to flower you chop it down and mulch it back into the soil so it enriches it with nitrogen. We'll see how it goes - I want to plant it up the back of the veggie garden where the soil isn't great - but I'm afraid it won't get enough sun to really thrive there either..

And of course the Italian in me had to order three types of tomatoes as well - even though we're coming into winter..