This blog post will be mostly pictures of our seedlings with my typical droning on about one thing or another regarding those little splotches of green. Hmm. Is this isolation getting to me?
Left to right. The European beech, started from a beechnut collected at the Dark Hedges in Northern Ireland in 2018 has broken bud (started to show green growth). Yay! It’s alive! Middle. Dahlia tubers are sending up green shoots. They will go into the garden in mid May. Right. Pots of red, pin and white peonies I dug out of the perennial garden are growing well.
L to R. The new Jackmanii clematis is growing well. I lost our previous Jackmanii when I took our old shed down a few years ago. It was always a favorite one of mine. Midd. Cole crops, being broccoli, cabbage, kale, cauliflower and brussels sprouts will go into the cold frame to harden off (toughen up in response to the cold) in another day or so. Right. The fig tree is growing as well as I have seen it in years. Figs for eating this year?
L. to R. Oregon snow peas get their start in the warmth of the greenhouse to speed up the season. They will be transplanted to the veg garden with the pea trellis soon. Middle. Beets. Four seeds to a pot. This is an idea from the No Dig Youtube videos. We will see how they perform in close proximity to one another. Right. Nicotiana (flowering tobacco – the tall variety for the back of the border) starts out so very tiny but when it starts to grow it gets big fast. The angelonia behind it starts out tiny and so far has stayed tony. It looks similar to snapdragons.
L to R. Marigolds. Nothing is easier or more dependable. Medium size, non-stop yellow flowers. Middle. Dusty miller and lobelia. Both start out small and need lots of time to grow. Right. Peppers. Dwarf, full size and this year a medium hot one (NewMex). One mystery pepper from seeds saved from a sweet red Market Basket pepper this winter.
L. to R. Coleus, Kong series(maybe because they produce very large leaves?) are showing some color. Middle. Dianthus (pinks) are always a cheerful sight in a pot on the deck. Right. Osteospermum (African Daisy). Easy to grow, fast too!
L. to R. Tomatoes! Super sweet 100, brandywine, roma, early girl, tonopah (determinate – grows, fruits and then dies) and an experimental hybrid that doesn’t have a name yet. Middle Dragon Wing Begonias I started at the beginning of February! Heliotrope with its pretty blue flowers and amazing scent! Right. New Guinea Impatiens. 60 of them!
Well, that’s enough for now. There are more but I think you get the picture, after picture after picture. I will be looking to share some of these later this spring, even if the isolation thing is still going on. We can figure a way. Well for now, stay safe and try not to go crazy!
I think I may have overdone it this year. I have lots of gardens here: two vegetable, one shade, three perennial, three ornamental grass plus lots of pots to fill on our deck and porch. Plus I have neighbors, friends and family I give plants to. And yet, I may still have too many plants this year. I think gardening is a bit of an experiment each year and getting the right number of plants, not too many or not too few, is a work in progress.
My roma tomatoes are Ten Fingers Of Napoli. Interesting name. They produce clusters of tomatoes that sort of resemble hands with ten fingers, if you have a good enough imagination!
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I thought I’d see a lot of pots filled with seedlings, but you definitely have more than I’ve ever seen. 🙂
I think I may have overdone it this year. I have lots of gardens here: two vegetable, one shade, three perennial, three ornamental grass plus lots of pots to fill on our deck and porch. Plus I have neighbors, friends and family I give plants to. And yet, I may still have too many plants this year. I think gardening is a bit of an experiment each year and getting the right number of plants, not too many or not too few, is a work in progress.
I’m trying my hand at Roma tomatoes as well. Yours are coming along beautifully!
My roma tomatoes are Ten Fingers Of Napoli. Interesting name. They produce clusters of tomatoes that sort of resemble hands with ten fingers, if you have a good enough imagination!