'Just looking for a few handfuls of straw to tuck in our strawberry plants for the winter' is a sentence we feel excited, lucky, and a bit nervous to use.

Everything is an experiment.

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When a seed package says "75 - 95 days" on the front, does that mean from planting or sprouting or from some other marker we know nothing about?

Just a little garden planning. Using just a little knowledge.

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6 rows of six round dirt pods in a black tray. (Clear plastic cover is barely visible in the top left corner, as it is being held up above the camera.) Some dirt pods have red bell pepper seeds, some have cherry tomato seeds, and others have watermelon seeds. Anything that survives will go in the Octopus Garden at Campbell’s Cove Campground in PEI, Canada. (But not until the temperatures allow - likely late May or early June.)

And so it begins!

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Thin green plants sprouting from small individual pods of clay in a plastic incubator. The top is being lifted and has condensation on it. Each plant has 2 tiny leaves at the top. Some of the leaves have water droplets on them.

Oh, hello, wee tiny red peppers!

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