Around this time of year the urge to muck in the dirt gets the better of me. Off to Loblaws for some potting soil. Order the seed. On with the heating element and fluorescent lights. Generally the germination rate is pretty good in my mini basement greenhouse.
Little seedlings push green heads out of the soil and up to the light.
They begin to thicken. But every once in a while my brain goes on a bit of a strike. I forget my obligations to those little things growing there. They don't get water for a few days. The soil lightens up.