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Planted 7 more seedlings this morning, bringing the total up to 24...which happens to be the size of my propagating tray. One of the new batch had 3 cotyledon which I've not had before. #gardening #chillies

My babies have their first leaves! Not their first true leaves, but the cotyledon ones that seedlings start off with. And it looks like some of the seeds that I left on the paper towel are finally getting their act together too. #gardening #chillies

I've just planted 17 baby chilli seedlings from 7 out of the 10 varieties I tried to germinate. Now comes the wait to see if I've not killed them and if they'll grow into nice big healthy plants #gardening #chillies

Just checked on the chilli/pepper seeds and quite a few have grown a tiny root, so I should probably think about planting them in some soil soon I guess.

I've just made a start on my chilli planting earlier than previous years. I'm also experimenting with germinating the seeds on damp paper towel first too. Got 4 of Rocket, Jalapeno, Scotch Bonnet, Armageddon, Lemon Hot, Cherry Bomb, Choc Hab, Thai Dragon chillies, and Ramiro and Sweet peppers so a nice wide spread of heat, taste and colour.

Dreams are funny things. Recently I've been dreaming a lot about dwarves on/in a dirigible traveling between a series of floating islands. Now the fact that I have been recently playing "Black Skylands" - an RPG game about a young woman with a dirigible fighting pirates on a series of floating islands - and also Dwarf Fortress is surely a coincidence, right?