So we officially got ten inches in that charming April Fool’s Day storm. We stayed inside the whole day, and the next day only shoveled out the walks. Figured as long as we could get to the cars and the mail man could get to our door the next day, we’d be […]
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I’ve got all but the husk cherries into bigger pots now, and I’ve given up on the unsprouted seeds. I’ve realized it’s going to be a bit of a pain bringing this many plants in and out for hardening off, so I’ve been investigating mini cold frame/green house ideas so I can set something up
My seedlings have been doing great, enough that I moved the Swiss chard, zinnias, calendula, kale, and the lone nasturtium, to bigger pots this weekend. The husk cherries only finally sprouted last week, and the blood sorrel is still pretty small, so I’m waiting a bit on those.
It might be freezing outside, but I’m getting results a week in from my seed starting. All of the blood sorrel has sprouted, and I’ve got Swiss chard, kale, zinnias, and calendula.
So it was really warm the past two weeks or so. Like up to around 50. Melted that all that snow we just got, even. (The fog on several days has been unbelievable.) And so, there are bulbs. (From left to right – daffodils, crocus and garlic chives.)
My seeds are started for the year. I’ve got Swiss chard, Lacinto kale, nasturtiums, blood sorrel, calendula, zinnias, and husk cherries. I’m trying something a little different with seed storage – the above has rice in it, and is currently in a cold part of the fridge. Here’s the rig in place. (I’ll
I did a little movement with the houseplants this week, so it seemed a good time for a status check. Things mostly seem fine after the summer vacation and repotting I was forced into by an infestation last winter. About the only thing that really changed is that I can no longer keep the
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And so it begins… Next weekend is going to be seed starting time, so I cleaned up and gathered things together this weekend. I had to restock the peat pellets. (What I plan to do this year is start them in the peat pellets, and put them in the little pots when I
And so it begins… Here are this year’s seeds. I have some leftover Tuscan kale I’ll try to use one last time this year, as well. Definitely more flowers this year. I saw calendula mixed in with Tuscan kale in the Kitchen Garden at the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden last summer, and having
It’s safe to say this is the final harvest of the season. After doing nothing all summer (probably due to the lack of rain), I finally have some shiitake mushrooms from the mushroom log. I also cleaned out the kale and Swiss chard so I could bring in those pots. And after looking terrible all
