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Kitchen Ninja is ALSO a Garden Ninja. Surprise!

No surprise to most people who know me, I am the girl that trucked a tomato plant all the way from KS to GA *sorry Sarah* and a Ranunculus plant all the way from LA to Kansas *sorry The Call friends*.

so, this spring I started Roquette Arugula, Spinach, Butter Crunch Lettuce, and a mixture of red leaf lettuce seeds. Today, I planted them out in containers on my porch. yay for Sunshine! I've also got snow peas going (you can see those little suckers poking their heads out of the dirt in one of the pictures above). There's also zucchini, heirloom tomatoes, morning glorys, thyme, lavender, chives, brussel sprouts, and spring onions.

I'm a fan of using cardboard egg containers to start seeds, then just planting the seedlings in the "cup". It'll break down in the soil and it spares those tiny roots from any extra handling.

There's nothing more rewarding than growing these from seeds, and then eventually making my spaghetti sauce from them in August. It makes me want to sing "the circle of life". Yes, dear readers, Kitchen Ninja is a nerd.