# Starting Seeds - Part 6
2022-04-26

This is the continuing saga starting seeds for transplantation into the garden.  I've been really distracted the last several weeks.  I have continued to pay attention to the plants and planning their new homes in the garden outside.  However, I've not made time to write about it.  Sorry gopher space.  This post will catch you up on what has been happening but won't be as detailed as previous ones.

In the last week I have begun getting some of the more robust seedlings outside during the daytime in a small greenhouse.  It is a very simple structure built around a garden fence gate from previous years.  I'll have to share a picture soon.  Anyway, last night was the first one where some plants have spent the night outside in the greenhouse because it was on track for remaining above freezing overnight.  It appears that we MAY have had our last frost of the spring earlier this week.  Fingers crossed!

So, what plants are outside?  Motherwort (Leonorus cardiaca), some hot pepper seedlings, stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), and licorice (Glycyrhiza glabra).  I should have mentioned that both kale variety seedlings are outside too, but NOT under the greenhouse.  They are planted in their rows in my raised beds with a floating row cover which keeps them just warm enough that those recent frosts weren't a problem for a plant as cold tolerant as kale.  Gotta love kale!

Also a couple weeks ago I started a bunch of new seeds that need to be started later that the previous rounds.  The newest seeds have all already sprouted and begun growing into seedlings.  Those include Ashwaghanda (Withania somnifera), catnip (Nepeta cataria), tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum), german chamomile (Matricaria recutita), and Roman chamomile which is perennial (Chamaemelum nobile).

All that seed starting has happened in the same seed starting enclosure I made in the winter right before I got started trying to root my elderberry and other cuttings.  With three 4'x2' seed starting and growing surfaces it is critical to be able to rotate established seedlings out to make room for new seeds which need the strict climate control.

I will write a post about that in the future too.  I'm happy with how simple and inexpensive it was yet it is very functional.  This is the first time I've won the functionality lottery on my budget.

That's all for now.  I'll add some pictures and update you when I do the next round of seed starting this week.  In the meantime, spend time with a plant and see what it has to tell you.

-LeoEC