Saturday, March 27, 2010

Seeds, etc.

Last evening, I managed an hour after supper to plant some flower seeds....asters and sunflowers and of course, marigolds...the sunflower seeds are old...some are 12 years old, so this is an experiment.....usually, when I plant sunflower seeds into my garden, they pop through the ground and are eaten by passing critters...bunnies, squirrels, chippies,birds...who knows...don't have time to be a garden security guard.
So far, none of my seeds-tomatoes, strawflowers, statice... have popped but the weather has been gray and gloomy, cold, windy and not too much sun this week, so I will just keep checking....

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Thinking of seeds



Finally, got to do some repotting of plants and spritz the plants that aphids have attacked.....it was a gorgeous day today and I actually had the greenhouse door open a little as it was very warm inside. I went through my seeds and bought aster and Manitoba Tomato and beet seeds today. I am going to start planting this week. If this weather keeps up, we might be able to plant early....I hope....we have no snow now so will likely rake the front lawn on Friday this week. Lots of flowers are blooming in the greenhouse now...my orchid has 3 blossoms....the orchid cactus has some small buds forming....geraniums are getting little sets of leaves on the stems....just glorious.....