I can’t wait to grow way too many things to possibly fit in my little tiny backyard this summer. For the first year ever I’ve got a good head start on getting some seedlings going. I’ve been sowing a thing or two for the past few days. My popcorn babies have already emerged! I’ve got some fancy heat mats and some fancy grow lights. However, my set-up is not so fancy. I need to assemble something more sturdy. Right now those lights are quite precariously perched. All of the seedling pots are made from recycled stuff. There are some berry containers and some origami newspaper pots. I found out by trial and error that a nine inch square will make the perfect sized pot to fit six of them in a rectangle Chinese food take out container. Click here for the instructions I used. There is one tricky step, but it’s really not that hard and once you figure it out these fold up rather quickly. One nice thing about making these is that you don’t have to be precise because dirt doesn’t care. Make sure to use newspaper printed with soy based inks. You don’t want toxic chems in your veggies!

This is going to be popcorn one day! I hope they don’t get bored just sitting around growing. Well I guess they can occupy themselves with that crossword puzzle. I find it thrilling just watching the corn grow. I keep checking on them. It only took two days for them to peek a boo! When the other things pop out I am going to go crazy just staring at all the cute little babies. I have a grand dream of one day growing all the food that my family will eat. I wonder if that will ever be reality. It would definitely have to involve a greenhouse. Maybe our whole house could be a big greenhouse. That would be cool.