Garden Log 2/5/24
Hardy starter plants coming along under the grow lights and on the self-watering tray. Maybe two more weeks until it’s safe to plant them out…
Hardy starter plants coming along under the grow lights and on the self-watering tray. Maybe two more weeks until it’s safe to plant them out…
Two days of 75F weather have defeated me, and I have given up and planted my Trader Joe’s hellebores, knowing it means I’m now committed to checking and watering them as needed. I plant these in pots for now, and at some point, when I want something else there or when they’re done blooming, I’ll
Creeping phlox, bought as a tiny starter plant on Etsy, , starting to bloom under the grow lights.
Countdown – 4 days ’til launch party! Put together the first of the raffle baskets, garden-themed. One free ticket with entry to the launch. This basket (I’ll give one out at 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30) includes: • one signed copy of Perennial, a garden romance• a set of 4 paperwhite greeting cards (my design, based
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Garden seed packet scrubby soaps for Saturday’s garden raffle baskets.
Scrubby soaps for Saturday Read More »
Garden log 2/27/24. Went out and did a little more pruning (buddleia, rose bushes), collected blooms of five different hellebores. More coming — many are still tightly-budded or barely sprouted. The one at the bottom is the first perennial I planted, right after we bought the house, even though I knew it’d be many months
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Little walk around the front garden on my way to swim. Crocus tommasinianus (“tommies”) and snowdrops (plant as bulbs in fall), hellebores.
Crocus, snowdrops, and hellebores Read More »
Garden log 2/25/24. Thinned first batch of seedlings — or rather, I showed my 16-year-old how to do it, because it makes me feel like a plant murderer. I admit, I am probably overly-influenced by charming names: Blue Cream Berries, Violet Jasper, Sunrise Bumblebee, Indigo Cherry Drops.
It makes me feel like a plant murderer. Read More »
Garden log 2/24/24. Checked on the seedlings I started last week — the cherry tomatoes and shallots / onions had all sprouted! So heartening seeing those little bits of green. The rest of the tomatoes hadn’t done much yet, but that Costoluto Genovese is getting started. Fingers crossed! Someone remind me — when do I
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