I think whiteflies have attacked my seedlings ( Read more... )

I didn't plant my potatoes today because it's going to rain for 2 days and not be particularly warm.  (The high temperature tomorrow is supposed to be 50. Gah!)  I thought the potatoes would not appreciate being dumped into already soggy ground, chilled thoroughly, and then rained on again for two days.  Hopefully it will be warm and sufficiently ( Read more... )

Three days after being transplanted, one of the oregano passed on to the Farplane.   Eh, that's not bad.  The next great danger the seedlings face is when I finally put them outside to start the acclimation process.  I'm waiting at least a week for them to get their roots established in their new little homes before I subject them to that ( Read more... )

The alyssum has already sprouted.  I planted it 2 days ago.  Wow.

The transplanted seedlings have all survived their first 24 hours, so that bodes well.  I was worried that some of them would be irreparably droopy today from the shock.
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OK, I guess that IS a bit of a sensational headline. :P  I've been at Carraba's drinking tasty, tasty wine.  We got home while there was just enough light for me to see the garden.  I threw an old sheet (the one I ripped ribbons off of  last year to make tomato ties) over the mustards.  The sheet also covered the areas where I planted onions and ( Read more... )

Well, the little dudes are living in new homes now. :)  It took me an hour and a half to move them all! Argh ( Read more... )

Today I planted more seeds.  Some of them are repeats of batch #1.

• Platycodon (balloon flower) var. Mariesii  - 10
• Alysum, Aphrodite Bold Mix - dunno, seeds are very small!
• Coleus, Wizard Mix - 10
• Chamomile - tiny seeds!, second planting
• Aka Shiso - 12

Most of my little seedlings are happily growing in the dining room window now.

The leeks are quite strange.  They don't have two little seed-leaves like all of the other seedlings.  They're just tiny little stalks.  The stalk pokes out of the soil with a sharp bend in it, and then it gradually unfolds and straightens out.

I have to replant some of ( Read more... )

Some of my indoor seeds have already sprouted!  Here's what is up already:

• leeks - 3 of 20
• Lollipop tomatoes 3 of 5
• tulsi - 1 of 8
• Amish Paste tomatoes 2 of 8
• Gold Medal tomatoes 8 of 10

This afternoon I planted Dragon carrots, Red Wethersfield Onions from Monticello, and Southern Curled Mustard.  It's supposed to rain here for the rest of the week, so I decided that I'd better go ahead and plant the little dudes while I can.