I also did some thinning (relocating!) today. In my experience, tomatoes seem to deal really well with being relocated, they’re tough. I haven’t tried with my brassicas yet, I probably should… but first I need to make some more pots! (I was determined that it was too time consuming… and maybe I still agree! But it is the end of the month and my budget is full!)

@ Monika – haha, that is adorable. I cannot *wait* until my little man is big enough to hep me in the garden. It must be such a joy!

@ Jeannie – Aw, glad I made you smile. And yay – good luck with the garden!

@ Cedar – Oof that reminds me, I need to get my sunflowers into the ground. Thanks!

@ Adrienne Audrey – Thanks!

@ Natasja – Well technically you *can* move them, if you have the garden space and the patience to do it without damaging them (they’re so delicate). But the standard practice is to sow more seeds than you’ll need in case some die/don’t grow, and then thin out once they’ve matured a bit.

@ Lauren – The sharpie thing was revolutionary for me too! Totally a no brainer but it took me years to figure it out, haha.

@ Richard – Ooh, sounds like you’ve got all sorts of fun and healthy projects going on, that’s AWESOME. And an orphaned olive tree? I’m jealous, that’s great. Are you going to ut it in the ground? Or in a big pot so you can keep it forever? I’ve got a lemon tree growing in my living room and yesterday I bought a goji berry bush (!!!) to put in another giant pot. =)

@ Meghan – Aww, you’re SO sweet with your seeds! That’s awesome, they’re lucky little guys “Plant abortions” is friggin hysterical. And re: bunnies, oh man I feel ya. The first garden I ever planted on my own, I lost ever. single. lettuce to a gopher. He would pull them down from below, just *whoosh*, disappearing plants. SO FRUSTRATING!

@ issy – I agree, I think it’s sweet and proof that we’re an empathetic bunch. =)

Thanks for the link! I adore Dr Cousens and if I had a guru, I think it would be him . . . which is funny because he is a super spiritual rabbi and I’m the second-least spiritual person I know! But I resonate with him *SO* much. Very interesting stuff he wrote, thanks for that!

I was very concerned about acid rain falling on my garden. Then I took a deep breath and reminded myself that I can only do what I can do. I can be mindful and preventative to a degree. But at some point I have to ask – is the stress more detrimental than the radiation??? I believe that fresh food grown with love in my own garden is healthful. More healthful than the alternative – not eating fresh food (the rain is everywhere, after all). So I choose not to worry about it, in this case. Thats the place I’ve come to with it. What do you think?

Do you mean the live food in the Weekend Send-Off post? This is the restaurant: http://www.yummytummyoasis.com/

I think that bunnies have been eating my lettuce. Or maybe the squirrels. The squirrels ransacked my seedlings that I was hardening off on Monday… The neighbor across the cul de sac feeds them, but for some reason they insist on bringing their booty to MY yard to eat/bury.

I love the spice jar idea! Until the roots are very well established I’ve been using a spray bottle to water my pots. I ended up getting peat pots this year, but in the future I am going to buy reusable plastic trays I think. I don’t like the idea of using much peat, and while your newspaper idea is adorable, it just isn’t something I’m willing to invest my time in (although it seems like a great project for when I have kids to help!!) I bought some marigolds at a nursery the other day, I think I’ll try reusing the trays they came in. In fact, I should probably do that NOW… I had a small pack of marigold seeds that I started in just a cookie sheet full of dirt. The poor seedlings could use somewhere deeper to live, I think!