I have sprouts. The top picture are French Dwarf Marigolds that germinated on my dining room table. I planted them with the intention of winter sowing them. I left them on the table and when I went to set them outside I noticed that they had already sprouted. I set them under the grow lights for about and week and they took off. I repotted them this past week in this flat. Hopefully they will continue to flourish. My plan is to put them in the garden. I like to place them between my tomato plants and anywhere else I can find a spot. They did well last year.
Here are a few plants that I repotted over the week-end. So far I have repotted the following:
2 Tiffen Mennonites
2 Crook Neck Squash
2 Zucchinni
2 Jalepenos
2 Salt & Peppers cukes
8 National Pickling cukes
1 Early Girl
2 Cilantro
2 Dill
2 White Belle
2 Mixed Belle
I planted Basil, but it's not looking good. I'll plant a few more this week. Hopefully I'll have better luck.
These are Dahlias that have sprouted using the winter sowing method. This is my first time using winter sowing. It looks like 1 sunflower has sprouted as well. I have about 10 tomato plants that are being winter sowed, so I'm hoping they will germinate. I did start tomatoes inside just in case I'm unsuccessful. If both methods work, I'll have more tomato plants that I can use. Not to worry though, I'm sure I can find someone to take them off my hands at the office.
I found these fabulous 5" pots at Big Lots. I couldn't pass them up, 36 for $4.00. I love that store. I got 36 3" peat posts for $3.00. I'm hoping to use the 5" for my sunflowers. If my tomatoes get too big in the cups, wishful thinking, I'll repot them in these as well. These pots are made out of a mesh type material that can be directly planted in the garden. How's your indoor sowing going?
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I dream about you every night and every day. These words are lyrics to a song, but it's also how I feel about home grown veggies. I love them, and I can't wait to dig in dirt this spring and summer. I have the garden mulched with leaves from my neighbor's yard. I acquired at least 20 bags of leaves and 3 bales of straw at the end of the season. The straw will be used as mulch and weed control in the garden. The leaves will be used in the compost bin and as an amendment in the garden.
I've done some winter sowing and started a few seeds inside. I've read that you should buy good seed, but what does that really mean? I've purchased my seed from the local hardware when they're on clearance, the Dollar Store, Ebay to on-line growers. So far, I've had success from all. This year I'm going to try saving seed, at least from my heirloom tomatoes.
I like a little creativity in my garden. Last year I added an antique orchard ladder. This season, I would love to add a wagon wheel. I saw this picture at Two Men and A Little Farm blog, and thought it was a creative way to add the wheel to my garden. I found 2 wheels on Craig's List. If I'm able to purchase one for a reasonable price, I'll be building this wagon wheel herb garden. I've also thought about alternating yellow and orange marigolds in it. Should I do the herbs or marigolds? If this doesn't work, I have my eye on an antique plow.
While I'm waiting to make a deal on the wheel, I've checked my seeds and this is what will hopefully be planted in my 2013 Garden if all germinate:
Tomatoes:
- Tiffen Mennonite
- Cherokee Purple
- Hillbilly
- German Johnson
- Delicious
- Early Girl
- Pink Brandywine
- Homestead
Cukes:
- Salt & Pepper
- National Pickling
- Straight Eight
Greenbeans:
- Bush Blue Lake
- Bush Jade
- Pole Blue Lake
Peppers:
- Hungarian - Yellow Wax
- Jalapeno
- Cayenne - Mix of colors
- Belle - Grand Bell Mix
- Spinach - Giant Noble
- Zucchini
- Squash
Herbs:
- Lavender
- Basil
- Dill - Long Island Mammoth (Purchased from Big Lots last year. Germinated and did great)
- Chives
- Oregano
I'm going to try growing Zinnia, Snapdragon, Petunias and Marigolds this year too. We'll see how that goes. What are you planning to grow this year.
