The Better Homemaking Network

(Check out Week 0 for tips on planting and a list of suggested supplies and suppliers.)

Quite a bit of new seedlings coming up this week! The baby cucumber is a slow start compared to the eggplant. It looks like I may have some issues with three of the herb garden seeds, as well as some of the cantaloupes in the garden starter tray. I think the lemon cucumber seeds were just too old. I’ll re-evaluate next week (some seeds can take 21 days to germinate) and then replant what didn’t come up. That gives me the week to go get some new seeds!

My vegetable garden, with baby cucumbers (back left), eggplant (back right), and marble peppers (center):

My herb garden, with cilantro, dill, sweet basil, par-cel, chrysanthemum, mitsuba, and Italian parsley:

My garden starter tray, two columns each cantaloupe, butternut, pumpkin, spaghetti squash, zucchini, lemon cucumber: