Imaginary Garden

[froggoddess]

It's a good thing I'm not starting seeds inside, or else I'd be disappointed that the handful of spinach and lettuce seeds I tossed into some lonely pots haven't done very well (read: I have exactly one spinach seedling and two lettuce seedlings). It's a good thing I'm not starting seeds inside, or else I'd feel guilty about letting the other

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[in_parentheses]

You know what I've found to be a good spot for not-starting-seeds-inside, if you don't have too many of them? The top of the fridge. It's warm there (ironically), and at my house it's dark because it's under shelves in my pantry. This works for germinating, not for actually growing the seedlings, obviously. I don't know that I have a spot sunny enough for the growing part, but we'll see.

[froggoddess]

Oooh... so, theoretically I could not-put flats on top of the fridge, and then once they start poking up I could put them near a window? Or under an imaginary light?

[in_parentheses]

Yup! I bought some of those little yuppie "plugs" of seed-starting mix, and the instructions are to put them somewhere warm and dark while the seeds germinate (since they're not as deep as they would be outside, I guess?), and then bring them into the light.

The first part worked pretty well, anyway!