4.19.2005

Latest Germinations

The pictures are coming...something weird keeps sprouting in the food garden--not sure what it is but I suspect the seeds were in the soil I added...

7 Days
Celeriac

8 Days
Fenugreek
Watermelon
Oregano

9 Days

10 Days
Casper Eggplant
Tequila Sunrise Pepper
Sedge Grass

can't remember anything more now--I'll update later

4.14.2005

The daily

Germinations
6 Days
  • Bunny Tails Grass
  • Neopolitano Basil
  • Sweet Genovese Basil
  • Osmin Basil
  • Licorice Basil
  • Italian Large Leaf Basil
  • Charontais Mellon
  • Sun Jewel Melon
  • Edible Chrysanthemum
  • Golden Sunrise Chard
  • Bright Lights Chard
  • Sweet Marjarom
  • Lemon Basil
  • Lime Basil
  • Cinnamon Basil
  • Sweet Petra Dark Basil
  • Agrostitis(Grass)
  • Garden Peach Tomato
  • Cherokee Purple Tomato
  • Striped German Tomato
  • Pomadoro Tomato
  • Red Currant Tomato
  • Orange Banana Tomato
Planted Outside
  • Snow White Carrot
  • Yellowstone Carrot
  • Nutri Red Carrot
  • Red Core Chantenay Carrot
  • Thumblina Carrot
  • Osaka Purple Mustard
  • Tatsoi
  • Anise
  • Dill

4.13.2005

Outside Action

Plums are about to bloom
aspens are done seeding
daffodils under G's tree are in bloom
daffodils around corner pine blooming
daffodils in sandbox bed are blooming
pink darwin tulips in front starting
red emperer tulips are nearly done
forsythia is nearly done
purple/blue scilia in front made it through snow
crocus are done
chinodoxa in front are done
russian scilia north bed are done
muscari in fence bed are starting
white muscari in peony bed and front tri bed are starting
barrel species tulips are done
leucojum made it through storm and continues to bloom
only one daffodil came back in the front tri bed near garage

Snow is mostly gone

Something is sprouting all over the food garden that I don't recognize. Things that have gone to seed include borage, carrots, chia, lettuce, fennel, new Zealand spinach, mache and its none of these...hmm..no idea! All the transplanties seem to have made it through the night again and the great Beast Castor Bean has finally risen. Gotta get the rest of the carrots in asap. Most of the bulbs made it through the storm. Hyacinths seem unmoved. I've planted so many things in the sandbox bed over the last three years that it fun when something I've never seen pops up!

Gotta get some pictas up here.

Daily Report as follows:

New sproutlings
5 Days
Mexican mint marigold
Savoy cross kale
red Russian kale
Neapolitan basil
sweet genovese basil
bush green basil
ruby red chard
bright yellow chard

8 days
mignonette strawberries
golden strawberries
redventure celery
Utah celery

2 months
Castor Bean

4.12.2005

Big Snow is a meltin

So 12 inches of snow last about 1 day in the springtime of Colorado--all the little transplanties seem to be doing well. New Germinations include

3 Days
Chiang Chang
Hon Tsai
Red acre Cabbge
Red Express Cabbage

4 Days
New Mexico Chile #2
Dwarf Blue Kale
Tuscan Kale
Ornamental Grass
Thai Basil

7 Days
Echinacea Paradoxa (Yea!)

4.11.2005

Transplantin day

Spent the whole day yesterday in snowstorm transplanting--why--I don't know--could buy these things for a pittance--BUT the goal is to plant all the pots with things I grew from seed.
Including
Lobelia-
--cambridge blue
--white
--dark blue
Pansy
Marigold
Petunias
Geraniums
Echinacea Padilla
Wee Willie Dianthus
Baby's Breath
San Vitalia
Mahogany Midget Coreopsis
Digitalis
Impatiens
Dascia
--think that's all
still a bunch more to transplant and I'm running out of room--outta dirt and outta space under the lights. (sigh!)

got some purple dragon carrots in before the snow hit--got about 11 inches!

Now its melting off fast.

4.10.2005

Big Snow

We have a huge upslope happening here on the front range. Its coming down faster and harder than it did all winter. So much for the early tulips, hyacinth, and chinodoxa...

Good day for transplanting. Just planted all my summer starters. Tomatoes, peppers, chards, kale, herbs and such and such. Pictures to come soon.