Lettuce thinning & some sprouts and strawberries

So the black seeded simpson is doing great!! So today I decided to thin it out… Here’s a photo of the before:

The black seeded simpson seed packet said to thin the sprouts to 10″ to 12″ apart, so here’s the after for the two black seeded simpson pots:

I left 4 seedlings in the first pot and 3 in the second pot. The mesclun mix seed packet said to trim to 4″ separation:

I tried to leave a selection of the different types of sprouts that had come up. And tonight for dinner, we’re going to have a “microgreens” salad!

And in other news, there are some cucumber sprouts starting! One in each pot…

The strawberries are coming along swimmingly, too There are only a couple plants with no leaves at all (which might be caused by too-efficient draining in a couple of pots– we couldn’t find saucers to fit the pots, so the water drains out almost immediately. We’re going to try to find something to put under them, but the plants might already be too far gone…) Most of the plants are looking hale and hearty!

There are a few late starters, but they’re catching up

And yesterday I saw that a pea shoot had grabbed onto the tomato cage! Yay for pea success (so far)!

MMMmmmmm salad.  What a way to end a lovely spring day!