May 30th Update

Seedlings are popping-up everywhere now!

 

I’m relieved to have signs of life in my new veggie garden. Now, my neighbors will see that the big pile of mud in my front yard has a beautiful purpose.

Radishes, lettuce, spinach, pole peas, tomatoes, strawberries all making progress.

I’m watching my stocks carefully for the first blooms. I’ve dreamed of having stocks in my garden since working in a floral shop one high school summer long ago. I love their old-fashioned look and dreamy aroma.

Petunias are blooming like crazy. They are so easy! I love the color they lend to the beds in the spring.

Wisteria started from seed this winter is looking strong. I have one lonely moonflower vine emerging. I soaked and planted approximately ten seeds!

More geranium blooms!

The pots in the back are filling-in.

Still enjoying spring blooms among the wild-flowers.

 

 

Mid-February Update!

Here are my stocks, moss roses (portulaca), and geraniums:

I think the moss roses could have been directly-sowed, rather than started in my first indoor planting! They are huge. I just followed the directions on the packet, which said 8-10 weeks prior to last frost (~May 15 here). My mom told me she used to direct sow those. Now she tells me! I’m considering potting-up all of the moss roses and stocks in potting soil very soon.

These are my tiny cactus babies. Aren’t they cute?? Can you see them??

The coleus are doing very well, too. Those are impatiens on the right.

This is my steamy greenhouse.

Bunches of flowers on the top including: Columbine, Lavender, Foxglove, Snapdragons, Penstemon, Baby’s Breath, Dianthus, and Sensitive Plant.

Down here, we have Black Krim tomatoes, a cherry tomato mix (Livingston’s Very Cherry Mix), Lupines, and Dwarf Hollyhocks.

Getting ready to start my next tray very soon!