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I have sad news to report: the lettuces didn't make it.
It seems we made a slight error in calculation. We sowed enough lettuce seeds for about an acre into a few tiny starter pots. Whoops. Turns out there should only be a few seeds in each compartment.
It was the kids' fault. Yeah, that's it.
Call it experience.
But the sunflowers and green beans are in - the strawberry plugs transferred, and in two more weeks we'll be ready to transplant outside.
Then the fight against squirrels and bugs begin!
Hopefully Jonathan's new invention will help in the anti-pest battle:
(How are your green thumb efforts going? Be sure to leave a link to your gardening post if you have one!)
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