The temperature is finally starting to rise! It is above freezing today and expected to hit near 60F by mid-week (there is still about 6" of snow over most of the yard).
I realize this is really pushing things.... I actually planned to start the chives, onions, and leek seeds in mid-February. I went ahead and planted some marigolds so that I will have something to stick out as soon as the last frost is over. The "experimental" part of my early planting includes two pepper plants. The one is the small ornamental peppers that I like to use for borders. I found one of the small purple fruits dried up under the mailbox in late January and just for the heck of it planted some of it's seeds. The second flat of peppers I credit to my wife. We love the long red sweet peppers (from both Kroger's and Sam's), and she gave me the cores of one when she was preparing a meal, suggesting I should try growing them. I let them dry for a few days and planted them. Surprise, surprise! They did germinate. Now the question is are they actually a hybrid so that I get some runty little peppers, or will they actually be the nice big red ones I want!
The flower on the right side of the photo is one that I decided to bring in last fall. It was a miniature about 3" tall nasturtium plant in a 2" clay pot and had lasted all summer, so I felt sorry for it. I transplanted it into a larger pot where it thrived all winter. I find it interesting that it has been making seeds nearly all winter long (I assume self pollinated?).
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