For reasons that will be discussed later, I did my plant shopping at the Farmer’s Market this weekend. So, I have two Baron poblano peppers, three tomatoes (Sun Gold, Purple Russian and Early Girl), oregano and regular basil in the hoop house now. Parsley and thyme are in the garden. Since it’s been […]
Most of the plants are out in the back yard, hardening off. It’s probably going to be a while to finish that process – it’s been surprisingly cool. We’ll get one random day in the 70s, and then it’s only in the 50s for the next three or four days. I can’t
This morning, I did a ton of work on the side garden. The daffodils have already gone by (courtesy of one day in the 80s last week), so I trimmed those back, along with some other detritus from the Fall. I also took out most of the large containers and topped them off with compost,
The snow’s melting, and the crocus are up! (They’ve probably been up for a week, but we’ve had two snow storms (yes, it is April) over the past week, so pictures weren’t easy to get. So I knew I was growing way more seedlings than I did before, so I bought another grow light.
One of my clivia is finally blooming – for the first time in about five years, I think. I’d really missed them – it’s such a nice sign of things to come this time of year. In other news, my seedlings are doing really well – I need to get a bunch of them into
Having to move the table I used to put the grow light out has worked out in spades. It ended up near the warmest radiator in the house, which is also the sunniest spot in the house, so I had a place to start the seed starting trays that was warmer than it’s ever
It doesn’t look like much – but planting season is on! Today, I planted cornflowers, chocolate flowers, calendula, gem marigolds, chamomile, Thai basil, Swiss chard, lacinato kale, shallots, and two kind of eggplant. I also got this year’s application for the community garden plot on Friday, so that’s all ready to put in the mail.
I’ve extended my seed starting kit – I’ve now got two grow lights, and I got shelves to attach them both to. I don’t plan on actually planting anything until next weekend, and won’t need this until anything actually sprouts, but it snowed today, so seemed as good a time as any to get this
Seed buying is complete. I even have the lavender in the fridge doing a six week pre-planting primer I saw recommended. I’m so ready for Spring to show up. (It’s at least lighter in the evening, and we’re getting above freezing temperatures with some regularity…)
It’s cool and gray (though at least it’s above freezing temporarily). I couldn’t help myself.