So the lettuce seedlings died, and the salad leaves and kale survived. I use the term ’survived’ loosely as the kale was just banished to the balcony by my cohabiter where they will presumably perish. I would have put them in the greenhouse only the outside parsley is streets ahead of the greenhouse parsley so [...]

After a week away in chilly Washington DC, the balcony seems positively quite balmy. The plants disagree. With little growth or progress, I decided I might try a bit of transplanting to help their cause.
Kale on right (85% sure):

Without too much compost reserves, I decided to reuse the ex sunflower and salad leaves containers. The [...]

After reading a lot of blogs and online articles, I’m not convinced my winter defiance plan is going to work but I have resolved to soldier on regardless. This evening I thinned out the kale and lettuce and they seem fine. 2 inches seems like a good return for a week and a bit. I [...]