The Schedule

The Goals:
April 15 (or thereabouts) - plant cold weather plants at Dad's house with cover and plant collard greens, spinach, lettuce (with domes as necssary) in pots at my house
May 1 (or thereabouts) - plant rest of plants at Dad's house with cover
May 15 (or after last frost) - plant everything else at my house

Since, I plan to at least try to grow everything possible from seed in my sunroom, I then needed to schedule when to start seeds.  I always plant more seeds than I expect to need.  I also usually plant seeds for a particular plant at at least 2 different times so that depending on conditions, I will be sure to have plants developed well enough to plant at any time the weather allows, plus it allows things to mature at different rates.

So last weekend I began by getting my sunroom ready, replanting a few things in pots in my sunroom (to enjoy before the outdoor growing season), and starting my first seeds.

Here is a picture of my sunroom.  On the table you will see a flat where I began seeds for broccoli, brussel sprouts, and delphinium.

 I added the wire shelving unit last year which greatly increased the amount of space I have to grow seedlings.  Here is a picture of that.  Obviously as the season progresses, plants will overtake the supplies currently on the shelves.  On the bottom shelf you will see two pots where I started lettuce and collard greens (the latter food for our lizard and turtles).

As you can see, I have a number of spices growing (parsley, spearmint, chamomile, and hopefully basil in the near future).

Here are two more pictures.  The first is of my thyme, sage, and rosemary plants that have been really thriving.  The second is of a pot of lettuce that was started in the fall.

Next weekend (or the weekend after), I hope to plant the following:

brussels sprouts
broccoli
tomatoes
hot peppers
eggplant
coleus
daisies
delphinium