Peek-a-boo, I see you

I started all my seeds last Saturday. About 3 weeks ago, I started the jalapenos, Italian pepperoncini and eggplants but unfortunately I had to "re-do" all of these. Reason being? A certain Golden/Husky mix(AKA June) decided to check out what I did and perhaps thought it was something new that's edible...

It was partly my fault, I know my girls don't get in trouble like that(they used to when they were younger), they don't jump on the counter or steal food, nor do they chew things up. So I put the egg carton(I used eggshells instead of peat pots and left the eggshells in the carton) on the floor in the guest room next to the baseboard heater for some heat. Well, that was a mistake. June went in there to check it out and sniff at it one night and decided that she wanted to check out the whole thing, so she took the whole egg carton in her mouth and when I went to check on what she was doing, she dropped the carton and everything fell out. Bad baby, bad baby...

The photos below are my seed-starting operation. The first picture shows the Organic Jiffy Seed Starting mix, my seeds(in the ziploc bag), my notebook, watering bottle(I poked a few small holes on the cap for easy watering), egg carton with sunflower seeds inside, and on the top left corner is the veggie tray. I saved the tray from last year, it was a seed starting set with starter pellets inside. I kept the tray after the pellets were used.

The second picture shows the filled peat pots, properly labeled. I will do a different post about what I am planting this year.

In other news, I couldn't resist the temptation of peeking in the garlic bed to see if there is any "action" going on there. Yes there is! I only uncovered a small section to check things out. And there they are, peeking out from the ground!(Please click on the picture for a bigger view, I circled them in red for easy viewing)

I'm so happy, oh so happy...

Schedule

How many more days to Spring? How many more days before I can start planting outside? Every day I look at the calander and count the days til I can go outside and do some gardening. Now that most of the snow had melted, I could see my straw-covered garden(certain areas - strawberries section and garlic section). I wanted, so so so badly, to uncover the straw and peek but I know better. So it's back to counting days...

Below is what I have planned for my planting schedule. I hope I'm not too early or not too late.

3/1 - Start indoors: Opalka(Paste Tomato), Jalapeno, Italian Pepperoncini, Eggplant, Shamrock

3/21 - Start indoors: All other tomatoes, Chinese Cabbage, Basil, Zucchini, Cucumbers, Sunflowers

4/18 - Start outdoors: Broccoli, Bok Choy, Carrots, Lettuce, Radish, Onion

5/23 - Start outdoors: Corn - Transplant outdoors: all tomatoes, Chinese Cabbage, Basil, Zucchini, Cucumbers, Sunflowers, Shamrock

6/6 - Start outdoors: Potatoes, Winter Squash - Transplant outdoors: Japaleno, Pepperoncini, Eggplant

I will do a different post about the varieties of vegetable I am planting this year. Please stay tune....

I will leave you with a picture of my snow covered garden and my girls. Have a great weekend!