Today we plant the pepper seeds! Our very first planting of 2024! Right now the moon is waxing towards full, which is a wonderful time to plant seeds for which the fruit (the part we commonly use) will be above ground. A few days ago in the first quarter might have been better, but that was not to be! It’s great to get them going before the full moon anyway.
You see the peat flats here on top of the wood stove and may be wondering if it isn’t too hot there? The answer is apparently not! I have had the best germination from peppers ever since we got the wood stove: they love getting heat from below. Maybe they are used to growing on the sides of volcanos? Once they germinate they will need light, of course, but as long as they are germinating, they will stay on the wood stove. Trying the eggplant there too this year.
We give thanks for the peppers, and we will welcome and greet their little sprouts very soon!
