Well, I told you last time that planting the first thing in the garden is always my favorite thing to do, however seeds emerging from the soil definitely is a close second. After the onions, I planted lettuce, carrots, radishes, beets, chard, and kale. I always buy about three different kinds of leaf lettuce and combine them so that I have a nice mixture. I try to pick a red, green and something else. Then I just sprinkle them over the area I want, give them a little water and let them do their thing.
All of these early season vegetables are easy, because most of them are ones you can plant anytime after you can work the soil and they will come up when the time is right. I swear that every year I plan carrots and they just sit there and sit there and nothing happens. Then one day, I look and there are hundreds of little sprouts that look kind of like hairs. And some of the seeds don't sprout until you get a little rain. So if the seeds haven't come up yet don't lose heart. There is still a chance they may come up.
So if you are wondering when to plant seeds, you can typically base planting times on the date of the last frost, which for this area of Colorado is May 15. So it is coming up soon, but don't get too excited, there are lots of things you can plant before last frost. My favorite site to see for planting times is a local company that distributes seeds called: Botanical Interests. They tend to have all of the obscure types of seeds that I love to plant. I also like the website because it gives special instructions for planting each kind of seed. The website tells you whether the seed needs to be soaked or filed or chilled or any other suggestions to help with germination.
