getting down (but not dirty) in the kitchen sink

It's been awhile since I planted anything but I managed to "do some pot" this morning.

I'm hoping our balcony will be a nice, warm microclimate and it won't matter that I'm a little late starting things... only time will tell.

Anyway, it was nice to get my hands dirty in the non-soil. I never knew until this year that "potting soil" is actually soilless! So I guess I wasn't really getting "dirty" then? Huh...

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Apparently Violas are edible and when I saw these cool-looking, nearly black ones for only $0.79 (Hey! There is NO cent symbol on the keyboard - it's a morning of discoveries!) I thought, "What the heck!?!" and proceeded to plant them in toilet paper rolls - making these officially the most punk-rawk seeds (low-budget, DIY, dressed in black) in the garden so far.

Egg cartons, going to start some Peas in these...

Using all sorts of kitchen-stuff to kick-start my seedlings in style. Chives under the smaller dome:

Seedling-Porn-Time!!

Tomatoes!!!

A precious mini-pepper... sort of looks like a whale's tail:

Cute cucs:

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Started this morning:

Cilatro

Chives

Violas

Grand Rapids Lettuce

Peas