5 week old parsnip seedlings

The seedlings are still coming along well after their slow start to life.  They are surrounded by rocket (to the left) and radishes to the right, but they will be long gone by the time the parsnips get to be big enough to need more room.

Right now, they probably need to be thinned out a bit, but it is pretty tricky deciding which seedlings die and which may live.  

It's a pretty big investment in time growing parsnips, as it will be about 8 or 9 months from planting to eating, so I am desperately hoping that when i finally get to uproot them, that there is something there under the soil!