beautiful blue hungarians

yesterday morning as i was leaving for work, i did a cursory sweep of the seedlings.  i just wanted to check in, make sure they were feeling good before i was gone for ten-ish hours.  i almost shrieked at the top of my lungs, i was so happy, so delighted, so... grateful!  two tiny seedlings were popping up in the pepper tray, the one that i had thought i ruined with mold.  both of the seeds coming up were from the same pocket: the one i had labeled blue hungarian (hot).

i tried to just fly casual... you know... play it cool in the event that i got home from work and they would some how have disintegrated. or maybe i was sleepwalking at seven in the morning and dreamt the entire thing up?  but i got home from work and they were still there, like little beacons reflecting some hope back to me that i hadn't done something ghastly! they definitely seemed tougher and heartier somehow than the other seedlings. they are definitely the bruisers out of my "kids" here, doling out damage and taking names for later.  or... at least that's how i imagine them.

so, a lesson to all of you soon to be farmers out there just learning to take a risk with seeds, these delicate yet hard, magical beings:  don't over think it.  do your research because every seed may have it's own preferences.  in fact, i was just reading today that my bean seeds like to be pre-fertilized; or that all my lettuce/green seeds like to be chilled before planted.  they do NOT like it hot, quite the opposite of the peppers.  keep your peppers as warm as can be, my heating pad is on them at all times until i see more sprouts.  hopefully i will see some action in the next few days since, now, i am expecting all the other peppers to jump on the sprouting bandwagon.  keep your fingers crossed for us!

on another note:  brassica seeds were started yesterday.  both romanesca broccoli as well as a standard broccoli version.  they are in the window and getting some sun.  i can't wait to work out in the yard tomorrow, getting the ground tilled and amended... more tomorrow from out in the sunshine...