Goings on at the end of Feb

Despite some persistently cold damp weather we are preparing for Spring! The seeds are going into seed starter this weekend. This has been a surprisingly complex project. Several options are available for starting seeds, including starter kits from Home Depot, direct sowing, and the cobbled together way Andrew and I are doing it.

I've been saving cat food cans for a month (trust me, that's a lot of cans). We are going to put holes in the bottom of them, put seed starter and seeds in them, then place the cans in 4 sided cookie sheets (bought special for this project), and place them on the shelves Andrew and Zach assembled this past weekend. We have lights to go over the seeds to help keep them warm and grow appropriately. We will then water them by putting water in the cookie sheet and allowing capillary action to draw up only the water the seeds and starter need. We suspect this process is going to go on for about the next 2 months. We will then spend a week hardening the babies off, and then plant!


Shelves, good for climbing!

Zach has become fascinated with his ball this week.

We are much more brave about standing and cruising this week too.

And, drumroll please, we've finally learned how to crawl. Of course, Zach knows what the camera is, and then drops and won't crawl but mugs and looks cute instead. So, this was the best shot I could get!