It's seed-starting season, and I've basically moved into the greenhouse. The excitement is almost unbearable. I'm up to 32 trays of seedlings and by the time I've done a round of peeping into each tray, I want to start all over again because another seedling just sprouted. 

The seedlings fall into 5 categories this year:

Dye & Fiber

• Calendula: Pot Marigold and Orange Barrel Flashback
• Cosmos, Tango
• Cota Tinctoria (Dyer's Chamomile)
• Cotton: Pima Extra Long, and Sea Island Brown
• Eucalyptus
• Indigo: persicaria tinctoria, indigofera arrecta, indigofera suffruticosa
  
• Madder
• Marigold, Giant Orange
  
• Scabiosa, Black Knight

Cotton, Pima Extra Long

A forest of indigo (persicaria tinctoria) seedlings

Viola and Dyer's Chamomile. Which is which? Who knows! I'm waiting for them to reveal themselves with their true leaves.

• Basil, Genovese
• Chamomile
• Cilantro, Lemon
• Dill, Thalia
• Jewels of Opar
• Lavender, French Long
• Love in a Mist
• Nasturtium
• Viola

Harvesting edible flowers and greens for a tiny salad last summer

Mini Veggies

• Burr Gherkin, West Indies
• Cucamelon
• Ground Cherry: Aunt Molly, Loewen Family Heirloom, Mary's Niagra
• Peppers: Aji Cachucha, Baby Red Bell, Bequinho Red & Yellow, Liebesapfel
• Tiny Tomatoes: Better Than Candy, Brad's Atomic, Red Ruby, Spoon

Tiny pickled peppers & cucamelons from last year

Korean Essential Veggies

• Cucumbers, Korean
• Gondre (Korean Thistle)
• Kkaenip (Perilla)
• Naengi (Shepherd's Purse)
• Peppers: Cucumber, Spicy, Wrinkled
• Ssukgat (Crown Daisy)

Flowers For Happiness

• Aster, Apricot
• Clitoria Ternatea
• Cosmos, Apricotta
• Craespedia
• Lavender, French Long
• Nicotiana, Jasmine Scented
• Poppy, Princess Victoria Louise
• Snapdragon, Apple
• Stock, Night Scented
• Zinnia

And 1 (one) non-mini pepper, a variety called Jimmy Nardello's. I've been told by a trusted garden mentor that it's the most delicious pepper she's ever grown, so I have some high expectations.