Not dead yet

The seedlings look better today. A little greener. We'll probably hold
off on planting them in the garden till next weekend just to see which
ones are going to survive. I'll be happier when some of them start
putting out new leaves.

Set back

We were both away last week and had set the seedlings out in a cold
frame to be watered using the automatic system. But a new neighbor
moved in downstairs and turned off the water. Aaaccccckkkk. This is
what the plants looked like last night. Today I transplanted all of
the seedlings that were really bad and built up the dirt around the
rest. Then gave all of the a good soaking. We'll see how this works out.

Quick update

I'm posting this because I can't believe how much the tomatoes and
peppers have grown in just one week. We weren't planning on putting
them in the garden till the end of the month but if they continue at
this pace we'll have to do it earlier.

Garden update

This has been a mostly gardening weekend. We transplanted the tomato and pepper seedlings into their new trays, they're small but all had lots of roots so they should be great this summer.

Yesterday I finally tried to tame the herb square, trimming several pounds of parsley, thyme, oregano, and sage. The parsley has turned into parsley shrubs but the leaves are still really tender and flavorful so I'm going to let them keep going. The stalks on these parsley shrubs are 1/4-1/2 inch diameter and have the texture of tough celery, it seems like I should be able to cook with them but haven't come across any recipes yet.
We also built our little cold frame to protect the tomatoes in a few weeks while we're both away and have the watering system set up so they get watered. The peas and carrots are doing great, we're doing 8 square feet of peas-double what we did last year cause I can always eat more peas-those are the trelli that are up. The spinach and radishes aren't doing well and we're not sure why, so replanted them today. Also planted basil, cilantro, tarragon, chervil, and green onions.