Up-potted some tomatoes today, and used my tiny soil blocker to make a bunch of tiny cubes for marigolds. Not sure about the 3/4-inch blocks but worth a try.
Plus, some new wee seedlings are emerging, and another haircut for the onions.
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Pre-sprouted corms laid out for planting.
The gardener.
The pre-sprouted corms today. Lost one to mold but 10 survived and were planted.
The corms when pre-sprouting started about 2.5 weeks ago.
Quick rainy lunchtime planting for 10 pre-sprouted ranunculus.
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Basil, chamomile, dill, fenugreek, and marjoram seeds started today.
Variety of bell pepper seed types started in soil blocks on a tray with tomatoes and eggplants.
Cabbage, chijimisai, kale, lettuce, and Swiss chard seeds started today.
The indoor growing shelf. Three tiers with grow lights. Top shelf: hearty greens, brassicas, pansies, cilantro, and bells of Ireland. Middle shelf: lavender, parsley, chamomile, marjoram, fenugreek, basil, tomatoes, eggplant, and bell peppers. Bottom shelf: water forget-me-not, onions (red, white, yellow, green, shallots), sweet potatoes (for slips), and dill.
Productive second day of spring starting herbs, bell peppers, and another round of hearty greens, making more soil blocks, and getting the indoor grow zone organized.
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Pale green basket-of-gold leaves and flower buds growing next flagstone
Small pointy green leaves growing on a clematis vine over dried leaves
Flax plant with lots of new stems and leaves growing on it
A rose bush growing up a wooden trellis, against a white painted wall. Small green leaves are growing on some branches.
Today in the garden: flower buds on the basket-of-gold, signs of life on the clematis, new growth on the blue flax, leaves on the roses looking a bit worse for the wear after high winds and wild temperature swings. 🌱
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Seed potatoes this (cloudy) morning in one of two south-facing windows in my whole house. View of cat nap area next to the vent below.
Seed potatoes in the basement one week ago.
Seed potatoes in the checkout at the grocery store, February 28.
Three weeks ago, I bought seed potatoes — redskins and yukon gold from the grocery store. Last weekend I noticed the reds were growing eyes much faster than the others, so I moved them up to a sunny window. Reds are still way ahead but it is helping.
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Pretty good germination, true leaves forming, things are coming along.
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Yard with a native plant garden.
Yard with a native plant garden.
I've been waiting all winter to clean up the native plant garden. Left everything for the birds and bugs. It was 70F today, tomorrow 40F with a low of 20F! Got to take advantage. Used my wood chipper and made a bunch of mulch for my vegetable garden. Plants are growing.
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Seeds sown today: snow, snap, and shelling peas; spinach, parsnip, arugula.
The round bed with the obelisk trellis is a squirrel favorite, so I went a little overboard with the chicken wire on this one.
Seeds marked with stick labels: snow peas, parsnips, and spinach behind chicken wire.
Arugula, spinach, and snap peas seeds marked with wooden sticks.
Sowed peas, spinach, parsnips, and arugula today. Really trying to keep those squirrels out lol.
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First time soil blocking today to start my tomatoes and eggplants.
I love it. I’m a soil blocking girl now. Video shows my learning process.
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Meat thermometer in a Pyrex full of dirt to make sure it’s heated enough to kill any pathogens or weed seeds. I heated it to 190°F.
Growing medium cooling on the counter.
Pasteurizing seed starting medium in the microwave today.
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Four Bells of Ireland seedlings in spruce fiber pots.
These Bells of Ireland seedlings don’t look like they should.
These Bells of Ireland seedlings look like they should.
People who’ve grown Bells of Ireland — can you tell me why my seedlings look different?
Four seeds germinated. Two look like Bells of Ireland, and the other two look like grass or something.
What’s up with that?! Is it a seed mixup? Has anyone else seen this?
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Look at these babies! One week down.
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Seedlings are coming along!
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Brassica seeds started today: broccoli, cabbage, broccoli raab, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts.
Frost-hearty greens started: celery, endive, kale, and Swiss chard.
Peat seed starting discs took about five hours to fully hydrate and expand.
Getting some brassicas and frost-hearty greens started. I’m trying to reduce peat use but I decide to use what I have in-house, which includes what’s left of these peat seed starting discs.
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Germination updates: Forget-Me-Not, Bells of Ireland, and onions.
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A handful of micro-mini baby carrots.
The teeniest, tiniest baby carrots that I planted very late last fall came out today because we’re having a mid-winter thaw this week.
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We have the day off for Presidents Day, so I’m using the day to get some stratified seeds in the dirt! Pansies, Lavender, Water Forget-Me-Not (my yard was swamp back in the day and it shows), Delphinium, three Bells of Ireland. Plus some onions are starting to pop!
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Spruce fiber plantable pots for seedlings.
If you’re trying to limit your peat use in the garden like me, you might be interested in these spruce fiber pots.
They’re from France by way of Canada, so that’s not ideal sustainability-wise, either, but I’m still excited to try them out.
www.etsy.com/shop/Daniels...
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Bag of stratified Bells of Ireland seeds with one tiny stem visible from the germinated seed.
That same tiny sprout now in seed starting mix in a peat-free spruce pot.
One Bells of Ireland seed germinated so far. It has a really long (~1.5 inch) tap root, too. Leaving the rest under grow light to see if they pop, but hoping this one makes it to planting in the yard.
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Eight varieties of onion and shallot seeds I started indoors today. Red, white, yellow, pink, and green.
Planters laid out and labeled for onion and delphinium seeds.
Seed containers on the grow shelf to germinate.
Starting several onion varieties and a few delphinium today. It’s nice to fire up the basement grow zone again for the season.
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Bells of Ireland stage 2, in a South-facing window to encourage sprouting 🤞.
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I cut her back significantly before Christmas, and now she’s blooming again. Thankful for my pretty home-office begonia. The lone survivor from the seeds I started last spring.
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Light blue love-in-a-mist flowers bloom among fine, feathery green foliage, with round seed pods scattered throughout the plant. Photograph from my 2019 garden. Late spring.
Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena) is a delicate, old-fashioned annual with a quietly magical look. Wildly romantic & ephemeral.
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Salvia, 'Black & Blue' is one of my favorite annuals. It's gorgeous and the pollinators love it! I make sure to plant it every year 🌱
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A five-petaled blue flax flower with a yellow and white center
A beautiful blue flax bloom (from May 2025) 🌱
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Wild bleeding-heart blossoms remind me of fairy tales and hidden woodland paths, where something gentle and magical is always just out of sight, waiting beneath the trees.
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I love how mountain laurel blossoms look like tiny little stars 🌟 Things you notice when you slow down to look 📷
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Daylily 'Sheer Excitement'. This bloom is from July 2019. It's a very pretty lily, but it's very delicate and fades substantially in the rain or direct sunlight.
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'Love Goes On' Bearded Iris. As time goes by and my parents identify the plants they've given me over the years - I start to realize they just might be secret hopeless romantics.
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Siberian squill (Scilla siberica) from the 2023 blooming season.
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