Seeds...

The kids were very excited that some of the seeds we put in peat pots are starting to come up. Mostly the sunflowers and California poppies, but this morning I noticed tiny sprouts of blanketflower too. Yay! I'm going to have a ton of poppies, I think. One of the basil plants in John's herb garden has shot up about three inches; we actually used some in omlettes for dinner last night. The Siam Queen basil keeps trying to flower and I have to keep pinching off the buds.

I don't think it's hot enough for solarization to work. The plastic I put down on the other planter just has a bunch of weeds coming up under it. It's acting as a nice little greenhouse. I think maybe September or October might be a better time.

I wonder if it's too late to start beans? I've been ignoring the conventional planting times for everything else, so I might as well for them, too.

My garden club has our last meeting before the summer off, and I'm supposed to bring a salad, a table setting and my spouse. John already said he doesn't want to go, the stick-in-the-mud. Angus likes it, maybe I'll take him. Meanwhile, i have to run to Trader Joe's and get some frozen asparagus. I can throw it together in the breakroom before I leave work, since it's starting at 6:30 and I don't get usually get home until 6:00. I should really start coming in to work earlier.

Seeds...

The kids were very excited that some of the seeds we put in peat pots are starting to come up. Mostly the sunflowers and California poppies, but this morning I noticed tiny sprouts of blanketflower too. Yay! I'm going to have a ton of poppies, I think. One of the basil plants in John's herb garden has shot up about three inches; we actually used some in omlettes for dinner last night. The Siam Queen basil keeps trying to flower and I have to keep pinching off the buds.

I don't think it's hot enough for solarization to work. The plastic I put down on the other planter just has a bunch of weeds coming up under it. It's acting as a nice little greenhouse. I think maybe September or October might be a better time.

I wonder if it's too late to start beans? I've been ignoring the conventional planting times for everything else, so I might as well for them, too.

My garden club has our last meeting before the summer off, and I'm supposed to bring a salad, a table setting and my spouse. John already said he doesn't want to go, the stick-in-the-mud. Angus likes it, maybe I'll take him. Meanwhile, i have to run to Trader Joe's and get some frozen asparagus. I can throw it together in the breakroom before I leave work, since it's starting at 6:30 and I don't get usually get home until 6:00. I should really start coming in to work earlier.