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Mar. 14th, 2009 11:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mouse_rantsmy gardening is progressing. transplanted most of the seedlings outdoors today. they are rather leggy - not a lot of light indoors, so i'm hoping they will leaf out with some sun....rather than just disappearing. the courgette squash looks the sturdiest (although they only have 2 leaves). cherry tomatoes are a bit thread-like - those are the ones i am most worried about. no sign yet of the seeds i planted outdoors - dwarf runner beans, radishes and carrots (although they generally take a while to sprout). oh - also put out some sweet peas - those actually look pretty good - and some zinnias - also leggy, but stouter than the tomatoes. still have nicotinia, primrose and okra inside - they are still quite small. i have one mr. stripey seedling up, and it looks like maybe a couple of pepper seedlings about to sprout - those will have to share pot space with the nursery transplants i got last weekend - a 'better bush' tomato and a fajita bell pepper. still need to plant kale, and today i got some pea seeds, so need to find a place for those as well. i also have seeds for lettuce, cutting greens, arugula, sorrel and carnations i'd like to plant - so still some work to do. i've also got in this years assortment of herb plants - spearmint, chocolate mint and pineapple mint (i do rather like mint), mexican oregano, thyme, a big pot of assorted basils and chives, as well as the rosemary that has hung in for a couple years now.
i invested in some plant labels - the copper kind, on spikes, so they won't get lost. they are now in the pots with the unsprouted seeds. this way, i'll remember what to keep checking anxiously for. i'm pretty excited, i hope things survive - this is the most diverse collection of vegetables i think i have ever tried. i don't have anything close to the space to feed myself with my garden, but it would be pretty neat to have at least a few things on my plate that i grew myself.
spring is getting here - the wisteria is blooming, and the cherokee rose has more flowers than i thought. the snapdragons are blooming again - those are one of those impulse buys from somewhere or other that are now in about their 3rd year of flowering again. it's plants like that that keep me going, despite all the seeds that i never see again - the ones that keep hanging on, against all expectation.
i invested in some plant labels - the copper kind, on spikes, so they won't get lost. they are now in the pots with the unsprouted seeds. this way, i'll remember what to keep checking anxiously for. i'm pretty excited, i hope things survive - this is the most diverse collection of vegetables i think i have ever tried. i don't have anything close to the space to feed myself with my garden, but it would be pretty neat to have at least a few things on my plate that i grew myself.
spring is getting here - the wisteria is blooming, and the cherokee rose has more flowers than i thought. the snapdragons are blooming again - those are one of those impulse buys from somewhere or other that are now in about their 3rd year of flowering again. it's plants like that that keep me going, despite all the seeds that i never see again - the ones that keep hanging on, against all expectation.
