Let’s Start off a New Decade of Gardening Right

Over the Winter I was thinking about some new seeds or plants that I should try out during this new season.   I came up with one idea and decided that I should start trying to grow some hot peppers along with the normal sweet peppers that I grow each year.  That is when thought about growing the hottest pepper on the planet at the moment: The Carolina Reaper.   This is supposed to be the hottest pepper and even hotter than the ghost pepper.  I also bought some habanero peppers to go along with it.

Aside from growing some new peppers this year I also am thinking about growing a larger spring crop this season.  I might be adding some cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts and maybe some celery to this year’s spring season.  This would go along with my normal crop of potatoes, lettuce, spinach, peas, and radishes. 

I am not sure if I am going to do this, but it is an idea I was going to look over.  I will have to make sure not to grow too much or I would not have enough room for my summer plants.  This is just something I was thinking about doing.

For my spring crop I have started planting seeds of both lettuce and spinach.  These are two crops I plan to have growing in the garden within a month or so.  I placed them in a cool place this year since they grow best when in temperatures of 50-60 degrees.  I could place them in cold frames outside, but for now I am keeping them indoors just to give them a little head start.

 Wildflowers, dill, and alyssum are also planted indoors right now.  I planted them about a couple of weeks ago before my lettuce and spinach.  I love using these plants because they are good at attracting some of the best insects in the area and are a great help during the whole season

What Plants to Start Indoors Before Spring Weather?

It is about time to start planting some seeds indoors for a little bit of a head start to the season.  I always plant at least one cool weather plant indoors so that they will be ready by the spring.  This will normally be plants that can withstand the cooler weather and that will actually thrive in low temperatures.

This year I decided on planting lettuce seeds.  Most of the time I pick spinach because they love the cold weather, but I wanted to plant something different indoors at this time.  I always grow lettuce indoors, but I never start them this early.  I usually wait until march to plant them, but this year I am planting them before the Spring.

Like usual I have placed them under fluorescent lights because they would take much longer if left on a windowsill at this time.  On a side note I wanted to mention that I am still going to plant lettuce, but they are going into the garden as seeds instead of pots indoors.


I also wanted to plant various types of lettuce seeds instead of just one kind.  Since there are four different types I wanted to grow at least one type of each.  Iceberg (also called crisphead), romaine, butterhead, and looseleaf are the four types that I have to choose from.  I have one of each and used six pots for each type so I should get at least six plants of the four mentioned.