Inside the human house this week, lots of green things are living under the lights, and some of them are not so wee anymore.
The strawberries are going to a community garden that Matt is helping set up at a local low-income housing site.
Tomatoes!
And a few peppers- the Serranos have come up, but I've only managed one
poor little Jalapeno so far, and not a single Hungarian Wax or Aci
Sivri has sprouted yet.
I
transplanted my first planting of tomatoes into gallon pots last night.
On that planting, I forgot to use the spray bottle to water until the
seeds sprouted, but watered directly and washed all the seeds around. I
now have a bunch of mystery tomatoes that came up in pots labeled as
peppers. Oh well, we'll get a surprise later in the summer!
With space under the lights at a
premium, a tray of marigolds, chamomile and yarrow is hardening off on
the front stoop this week, to be planted out into the garden. Flowers!
These starts are taking a bit of a
beating today, because a spring storm has moved in and wildly windy (in
that wonderful spring way) and pouring rain. But it's warm (mid-50s,
anyway)! We haven't had warm rain in so long- it feels so refreshing
outside right now. All this rain should help everything we planted last
weekend come up in a hurry.
Our camellia burst into bloom this week, surprising us with both dark pink and light pink flowers!
I went to take a closer look, and
discovered that the ones I thought were light pink are actually
varigated- how pretty is that!?
My spring break hasn't been as relaxing
or productive so far as I had hoped, but it's been very good practice
in going with the flow. In addition to starting a new job, this week has
been full of surprises, including a family emergency on Matt's side,
and an unexpectedly urgent root canal on my end. I had a big long list
of chores and activities I wanted to do on my break, but life has
reminded me that in times of stress it is more important to sit still
and read the new issue of Mother Earth News than to wash the
giant stack of dishes or clean the garret. I've gotten a lot done this
evening though, and after dinner Matt and I are going to tackle the one
big job we agreed to accomplish together this week: organize the
basement, which has descended into disarray over the last four or five
months.
1 comment:
You are a champion at plant starts! I was thinking last week about how good your layered light system is.
2 of my Hungarian wax peppers have come up so far (out of 10) - but they just came up today after maybe almost 2 weeks? So maybe yours will still come - they are the slowest of all I've started to come up.
Sympathies to you for your root canal - I had my first last year and oh my was it expensive. I hope you have dental insurance!
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