I don’t think I could squeeze those in with my limited space, but I’ll try to keep that in mind.
I rescued most of mine from the woods where they’d been dumped 😒 by one or more neighbors getting rid of dead house plants. Some of them are nicely decorative too!
Checked on the garden box where I was trying to overwinter carrots and they’re all mush! Such a waste; I should have just harvested them all. :he I’m also going to be in trouble if I ever get a variety I want to save seed from. I wish I had more in-ground space to work with.
Congratulations! I checked and my chives are just starting to poke out of the ground. Still a good sign; I'd thought they were dead. 🤪
Tarragon was peeking out too, and had signs of digging around it. I put on the wire cloche; hopefully that will keep off the rabbits.
I had a second ghost...
😲 I have one like that right now! *runs to apply water*
In other tomato-related news, I tried splitting the twin seedlings last night, hoping to get them before they got too entangled. I still found bits of root in the soil, but they didn't keel over dead last night, so 🙏 they make it! I'm...
I tried kale last year and the bugs turned most of it into lace. 😢
In fairness, I also tried Brentwood lettuce last year, and it didn't bolt immediately on being planted outside. I'm planning to give that another shot this year, maybe I can get more of that going.
This year I will harvest more leafy greens before they can bolt. 😕
Been there! This is why my cayenne peppers now spend their existence in a hanging planter each summer. I ended up trying to jam them in every spare space I had that year and it turns out they do better there than anywhere else!
Seed hoarding is half the reason I frequent a seed library. 😅 Anything more than a year or two old can be donated and won’t be ‘wasted.’ Because I will do my best to save every single seed that can possibly be saved, but I will never have the space plant them all, so someone might as well benefit!
I did not know about the leaves, so that is useful information! If I can get them going I will probably use the leaves, so I can donate the seeds to the seed library.
I have some purple coneflower seeds in cardboard pots now, so this is useful to know. I really need to look up which part(s) of the plant are supposed to be used for tea. 🤔 If I can cut it back for that early enough I hope it will be less of an issue.