{"id":636,"date":"2026-01-15T16:31:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/?p=636"},"modified":"2026-01-18T20:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:34:21","slug":"starting-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/15\/starting-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week I&#8217;ve started a lot of seeds. In addition to the Desert Willow trees I started in a 4-cell 4&#8243; deep tray, and the two 6-cell trays of White Grano and Red Burgundy onions, today started some brassicas and tomatoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am especially excited for the Sungold Tomatoes. I&#8217;ve heard that they are really tasty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some recent photos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_beans-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2473\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_beans-2473x3000.jpg\" alt=\"Snow Peas\" class=\"wp-image-665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_beans-2473x3000.jpg 2473w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_beans-495x600.jpg 495w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_beans-768x932.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_beans-1266x1536.jpg 1266w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_beans-1688x2048.jpg 1688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2473px) 100vw, 2473px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_tomatoes-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2151\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_tomatoes-2151x3000.jpg\" alt=\"Tomatoes\" class=\"wp-image-666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_tomatoes-2151x3000.jpg 2151w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_tomatoes-430x600.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_tomatoes-768x1071.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_tomatoes-1101x1536.jpg 1101w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_tomatoes-1468x2048.jpg 1468w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_tomatoes-scaled.jpg 1835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2151px) 100vw, 2151px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"Wildflowers\" class=\"wp-image-667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers2-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"Wildflowers\" class=\"wp-image-668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers2-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers2-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.simonfoust.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-18_wildflowers2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I&#8217;ve started a lot of seeds. In addition to the Desert Willow trees I started in a 4-cell 4&#8243; deep tray, and the two 6-cell trays of White Grano and Red Burgundy onions, today started some brassicas and tomatoes. I am especially excited for the Sungold Tomatoes. 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