Just a quick update today. My tomatoes are sprouting like mad and making me a very happy tomato mommy. Just one week old, and I am very close to 100% germination on all the maters. I’m still waiting on one green zebra, one German red strawberry, one golden monarch and one other one I’m forgetting. [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 30th, 2009 | Comments Off
Well, my seedlings that I planted 20 days ago are doing very well. So well, in fact, that I needed to do some potting up. I had broccoli, nasturtiums and romaine that had some true leaves and were really outgrowing their little cell. So I assembled my tools and then wondered how on earth to [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 26th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This weekend I ran into a few problems with getting my tomato seeds into the dirt. The first being that I was out of dirt. We’re being really careful where each and every dollar is going right now, so I really had to weigh whether or not it was a good time to buy a [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 23rd, 2009 | Comments Off
Spring has sprung. And my seedlings are sprouting. It’s a fantastic day. Later this week, once “The Great Melt” has completed and the ground has firmed back up a touch, Andy will see to repairing my garden sides. Saturday, the tomatoes get started inside, and then we wait. We wait and watch those overnight lows [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 16th, 2009 | Comments Off
There’s something about these tulips that has me completely smitten. The way the petals have fallen and dried up a bit in beautiful waves… it’s like a dance. An elegant dance, with the perfect skirt swirling in the breeze. It’s a hidden beauty that has me mesmerized, I thought the tulips themselves were beautiful, but [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 13th, 2009 | Comments Off
The problem with gardening (okay, maybe problem is not the right word) is that it’s infectious. And when you hear that a neighbor or friend has started certain varieties of seeds… well, you just get an itch! A big itch! So this afternoon, after picking up Abigail from school, I trekked out to the shed [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 5th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been meaning to post this for a few days, but since I’ve been a little busy… I was very excited last week to check on the plants in the greenhouse and find vegetable sprouts! It’s completely fascinating to me that these teeny-tiny seeds I planted a few weeks ago have put forth these tiny [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on March 3rd, 2009 | Comments Off