I have one solitary iris (though you can see behind this one that the Siberian iris are poised to go crazy any second now), so it’s officially time to plant. The above is the before shot, when I headed out at about 8:30 this morning- well before the heat of the day (it was about […]
Last weekend, we did some much needed deep cleaning, so I’m fairly late posting these pictures. Because we were going away this weekend, I went ahead and bought tomatoes a week early, and because the forecast looked good, just went ahead and planted them that day, with the Swiss Chard and kale. The
So instead of pet sitting, for my trip, I required seedling sitting. My chard and kale went over to my mother’s house, and came back with friends. That, and my chard must have quadrupled in size. So I now have chard, kale, basil, shishito peppers, yellow cauliflower and marigolds. The chard and
Why yes, those are my favorite spring bulbs, and snow. Yesterday. You know, after my birthday. When it’s not supposed to snow anymore. Sigh. At least it’s gone today.
I moved the Swiss chard and Tuscan kale to bigger pots today. This means officially giving up on the nasturtiums and sorrel. I guess sorrel seed has about a two year shelf life. (Too bad mine never went to seed. It would be nice to be able to save seed – the
They’re looking a little beat up, but the daffodils are blooming. I’ve also taken the pots out of the garage today. Surprisingly, only one of the hostas is sprouting up. The pots are pretty dry, so I’m not sure if that’s the reason. We’ll see what a little sun and some
Ok, I realize I should be thankful that we did not have a repeat of last year, but seriously, it’s April. Cut it out! The flowers don’t appreciate it…
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Yeah, so second day of Spring this year, it snowed. Have I mentioned the daffodils are actually budding? (See the third picture above.) It’s gone now, but it was definitely a moment of “Really?”.
We have crocus. A full month earlier than last year. The contrast of this winter to last winter continues to crack me up. In other news, the grow light is going, as of yesterday. To the left, all of my kale planting has sprouted. To the right, a solitary Swiss chard.
It’s begun! I’m totally pirating multiple seed starting systems this year. I wanted little pots, but still needed some larger trays, so I’m reusing the tray for the pods from last year. Filling those with soil and getting it wet through took forever! Here’s the germination set up, on
