Yes, I'm happy for you and others in warmer zones who have sprouts already. I'm kind of glad it's not me yet as I'm not mentally prepared yet to hook up the hoses and mind seedlings when I have so many more to sow. It's just blissful knowing they aren't doing anything right now ;-) We have an ice storm, usually I can get to the snow where it's safer but not now. To set my 7 containers out this evening, I had to scatter salt so I can walk on it and then tried to set the containers on top of some snow until it's safe to go where the others are. Solid ice, so I set them on a pack of peat moss up next to the house! I'll move them if it's safe tomorrow.

When I found them I was like what, no way, it was one of those take 2 moments. I ran and had to go grab my camera!! Then when I realized it was an annual, I was really like uh uh I got to be wrong on that one. Girlgroupgirl, you are to correct, I would of never noticed this if it were out in one of my flower beds!! Though I do have to say it did get me looking at one of my flower beds and I already have tulips coming up!! Also I was driving out in the country earlier today and I could of sworn I saw a forsynthia bush already budding!! Though it might of been a cedar or evergreen that had to much acid, luckily I wasn't driving cause I sure cocked my head to look at it!! LOL Spring is near!!! Whoooo hooooo!!!

Hi Sara, so glad your sprouts are ok. I see your original question about posting pictures. Did you get it answered? You might know most of this already - I apologize if I am saying the obvious. You need to post pictures elsewhere & link to them here. I clicked on your pics, copied & pasted the url into the code. Size as large as you wish by typing the number of pixels or resize in a graphics program to get the correct ratio, put on a separate line & enclose the code for each image in angle brackets. Angle brackets left out below so you can see the code, using 2 different sizes: img src="http://www.howtovegetablegardening.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Chinese-mustard-2.jpg" width="300" height="225" img src="http://www.howtovegetablegardening.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/water-cress.jpg" width="345" height="260" You can hotlink to your vegetable site & show your pics in your posts. Some people are looking for a free photo site (not necessary if you already have a site) & the most popular is photobucket.com. I use fotki.com, others use flickr.com and picassa.com. You should see the pic when you click Preview Message. Important: if you hotlink the pic, do not move the pic at the other site or you will break the link! People here will be glad to help you if you need further assistance - it is a little complicated here & we have all been there. Sara's Chinese mustard on her website Sara's watercress on her website Here is a link that might be useful: Posting pics from photobucket

I've sprouted them by removing the husk and as much of the papery covering as would easily come off. (It seemed to me that when the papery covering was difficult to remove that the seeds were less likely to sprout.) Then I wet a paper towel and wrung out as much water as I could, wrapped the seed in the towel, placed it in a zip lock baggie and placed the baggie on the refrigerator. The refrigerator is slightly warmer than the rest of the room and maintains a constant temperature. I checked every few days and potted up the seed when the root was 2-4" long (about 2" is probably better because the root twisted and turned as the seed orientation changed every time I checked the seed). I put the potted up seed in an inverted sweater box with about 1/2 inch opening (maintained by a milk bottle cap). The sweater box was kept on a shelf under the florescent lights that are over my washer and dryer. The lights were kept on a 15 hour (out of 24 hours) light cycle maintained by an automatic timer. And yes, I have lost some to mold but it is worth it. Hope this helps. Cath