Fun in the Sun

This weekend has brought us absolutely gorgeous weather, warm and sunny. Time to start moving our seedlings to a protected area in the backyard to get them used to being outdoors. This is called "hardening off" the plants, so that they don't experience too much of a shock when actually planted (which will hopefully happen next weekend). We'll need to bring them indoors at night early next week as temperatures are forecast to drop again overnight, but this weekend it will not get below 50 so they ought to be fine. We have lost some broccoli and kale seedlings due to inconsistent watering (I am a neglectful mother), but by and large things are looking good!

Tomatoes in their new (temporary) home. 

Happy zucchini, acorn squash, and kale.