onion emergence!

we've got some tiny little onion heads poking up. we noticed them yesterday... a dozen or so, perhaps. and there are a few fennels getting started, too. tiny green arms reaching up. the celery has yet to make an appearance, but it's supposed to be slow to germinate. the meyers lemon topiary arrived earlier this week, and it hasn't lost many leaves or flowers in the transplanting. we're giving it supplemental lighting, too.

todd tried starting the artichoke and chinese lanterns in wet paper towels over the weekend.

i haven't been checking the cold frame lately because we've got lows in the single digits. i'm hopeful the ground under there isn't getting too cold, and that the beets and radishes and greens will germinate okay as the lows get warmer over the next few nights. the cold frame needs water, too.