Garden goodness
Spinach should always be easy.
It's not.
See, I have this one plant, it's dark green and lovely leaves and healthy and such. Grew it from seed, outside. And a second plant I grew from seed came out gangly, and with yellowed leaves, and it was never happy. I killed it. We've been eating the healthy spinach plant. I also grew about 4 more from seed outdoors, and those all died after first popping up. I like the spinach seeds, though, they're light colored and an irregular surfaced kernel-shaped deal about 1/8" across. They're easy to handle, and they nearly always germinate.
There was this packet of lettuce seeds, and nary a one ever germinated. I don't think any of them were any good. I want my $2 back!
I've got 5 new seedlings, germinated indoors, which I planted on Sat. along with the half dozen peppers, about 5 tomato plants (from seeds I got from a tomato bought at Ralphs... why let them go to waste?) and 3 onions and 3 dill. The onions and dill are neat - I got the seeds from Terry's garden, which I was helping water, and planted them on a Sunday. They germinated and popped up by Wednesday. Three days! The onions will be monsters.
At the new place, there's a large plot of land for the garden, so I'll be looking at those home watering systems which have a timer, a pressure regulator, and tubing which drip irrigates each individual plant. Thus, no more garden die off on hot days, as they'll get plenty of water directly at the stem. This also makes it a little easier for me, as I can control a larger garden and put the land to work feeding the family. I've got tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, and peppers planned. I've never worked directly in the ground, I've always planted in pots, so I've some things to learn, I reckon.
Also: I planted a bunch of lavender. The Blonde likes it, so I hope the seeds come up and I get a few good plants. The seeds are black, with what looks like a whitish cut area at the top. They're fairly small, as seeds go. So far, the smallest seeds have been the oregano I planted... I couldn't handle the individual seeds with tweezer, because they stick to the tweezers. I ended up sprinkling a few in each germination disc.
It's not.
See, I have this one plant, it's dark green and lovely leaves and healthy and such. Grew it from seed, outside. And a second plant I grew from seed came out gangly, and with yellowed leaves, and it was never happy. I killed it. We've been eating the healthy spinach plant. I also grew about 4 more from seed outdoors, and those all died after first popping up. I like the spinach seeds, though, they're light colored and an irregular surfaced kernel-shaped deal about 1/8" across. They're easy to handle, and they nearly always germinate.
There was this packet of lettuce seeds, and nary a one ever germinated. I don't think any of them were any good. I want my $2 back!
I've got 5 new seedlings, germinated indoors, which I planted on Sat. along with the half dozen peppers, about 5 tomato plants (from seeds I got from a tomato bought at Ralphs... why let them go to waste?) and 3 onions and 3 dill. The onions and dill are neat - I got the seeds from Terry's garden, which I was helping water, and planted them on a Sunday. They germinated and popped up by Wednesday. Three days! The onions will be monsters.
At the new place, there's a large plot of land for the garden, so I'll be looking at those home watering systems which have a timer, a pressure regulator, and tubing which drip irrigates each individual plant. Thus, no more garden die off on hot days, as they'll get plenty of water directly at the stem. This also makes it a little easier for me, as I can control a larger garden and put the land to work feeding the family. I've got tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, and peppers planned. I've never worked directly in the ground, I've always planted in pots, so I've some things to learn, I reckon.
Also: I planted a bunch of lavender. The Blonde likes it, so I hope the seeds come up and I get a few good plants. The seeds are black, with what looks like a whitish cut area at the top. They're fairly small, as seeds go. So far, the smallest seeds have been the oregano I planted... I couldn't handle the individual seeds with tweezer, because they stick to the tweezers. I ended up sprinkling a few in each germination disc.