For the past several years I have been starting some of my garden plants in the basement laundry room using a warming pad and two grow lights. I don't have a huge amount of space, so have been a bit limitted on the number of plants I can grow, but have had a bit of success starting plants from seeds harvested from tomatoes, peppers and squash from the local grocery stores, along with some purchased seeds.
One day this past winter as I was doing a load of laundry, I noticed a little sprout delicately clinging to the rough cement in the drain from the water softener. I took a photo of said tomato sprout before planting it into a a little blue pot and placing it in my kitchen window.
This little seedling was carefully nourished all winter long, and was the first tomato planted in my garden this summer. I've watered it and pulled the weeds, and the little tomato plant has now produced two very fine ripe tomatoes that we will eat for our dinner tonight . . . our first ripe tomatoes of the season.
This photo shows a tomato from another plant purchased from the local Lambert's nursery (the larger one) that was planted a week or so later, along with a few squash, cucumbers and green beans also harvested today.
How does your garden grow this summer?
