Field Notes No. 2 — The First Green (and Why It Matters)

Hello Reader, This week, I saw the first seedlings pushing through the seed starting mix. After a week of staring at soil— there they were—two pale green leaves, still folded and fragile, but undeniably alive. Echinops bannaticus 'Blue Glow' (aka globe thistle). The first to germinate. I started the seeds in soil blocks that I put in the freezer for a couple weeks. So far, only two of the twenty seeds germinated. The seeds that didn't germinate went back into the cold in hopes I can coax them...