Seeds are started!

It's almost become tradition for Wifey and I to start getting stir crazy for the outdoors right about this time.  Although Winter has technically just begun, we long for our gardening, landscaping, and doing work in the orchard.  This year is no different!

A few days ago, Wifey and I took stock of the leftover seed from the last few years, discussed what we want to grow in the garden this year, and started looking through the seed catalogs from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and Baker Creek. 

Yesterday I got the bright idea to start some herbs.  I took two 4-plug leftover plant trays from something or other, added in some of our potting soil, and went searching for herbs.  I didn't find all that I was hoping for and ended up planting 4 plugs of basil.  That still left me with another 4-plug tray loaded with potting soil, but no seeds in residence.  Unacceptable!

After anther search, I came up with the bright idea (if I do say so myself) to plant some peppers.  We have never had any luck with bell peppers (hot peppers seem to do fine, though) so I figured we might as well do an early planting of peppers to see if we can do some experiments to get some to actually produce.