Arugula in January?

I was outside trying to tidy up the messy shed when I got distracted. In my impatience for spring to come I thought I'd try planting some arugula in a pot up on the deck. I also threw in a few "sweet reds & greens" seeds. I've got the pot inside by the window right now to hopefully aid germination. It just started snowing heavily so I'm really not too optimistic about this experiment, but you never know, right?

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb

Seed List

I was at the garden center today and almost bought a few more seeds but was able to contain myself. Purchased some inoculant for the peas and beans instead. I think I'll try and experiment and plant a few without the inoculant as well and see what happens.















Here's a list of some of the seeds I have for planting - way too many to list all of them.

Lettuce: Arugula, Mesclun, Cracoviensis, Drunken Woman, Forellunschluss, Rene's Green and Red Romaines, Italian Red Parella, a mix of Sweet Greens and Reds.

Peas: Champion of England and some leftover Gusto Italia

Bush Beans: Roma Improved, Slenderette, Dragon Tongue, Tanya's Pink Pod

Pole Beans: Tricolor - green, yellow and purple

Onion: Scallions (green and red), Scottish Leek, Sperling Toga Onion

Carrot: Romeo, Nantes, and a mix of red, purple, yellow and white carrots

Tomato: Russian 117, Hillbilly, Green Zebra, Paul Robeson, Amish Salad.

Beets: Red, Golden and Chiogga

For the Winter Garden:

Broccoli: Romanesco, Purple Sprouting, Di Ciccio

Brussel Sprouts: Long Island Improved

White Stemmed Pak Choy

Magenta Mountain Orach

I'll also replant some Arugula, Cracoviensis, Mesclun and Forellenschluss as most of these will do well in the cold.

Ok. So I've gone completely out of control with ordering seeds. This shoe box is crammed full and I'm still waiting for a few more packets to come from Baker Creek - mostly stuff for next year's winter garden. Purple sprouting broccoli, cabbage, dinosaur kale, and kohlrabi. I know, I know. Start small they say; otherwise, you're just asking for failure. I just couldn't help myself. There's so much too chose from and so many exciting varieties you'll never see in the grocery store! Plus, I got some really great deals. Tons of Rene's open pollinated, untreated, heirloom seeds for just 99 cents per package. These normally run $3.99 each. My tomatoe seeds from Tomatofest are about 3 - 4 years old. I'm a little worried about how well they'll germinate. They're supposed to be good for 5 years, so hopefully they'll be fine.

6 more weeks and I can start planting peas, lettuce and spring onions. I can hardly wait!