Wednesday, April 4, 2018

The Seedlings

Today was the first day hardening off my foxgloves on the porch. They weren't happy and returned inside after a few hours. Tomorrow I'll put them back outside for a few hours.






All the seedlings were taken off the plant shelf to water. Some have been missed and they're wilted. I'm tired of these seedlings. Too many. I started making a list for the fall and hope to only do a few so I can give them my full attention. That's easy to say in April. By December I have visions of other things.


Cypress vine. Very healthy seedlings. Hopefully they'll stay this way until it's time to plant them outside.



I've never been this successful with nasturtiums. I love their variegation. Don't remember what the other ones were that I planted but I'm happy with any of them.




Going to separate them before I have a tragedy. Tomatoes, Swiss chard, 3 types of lettuce, kale, and mustard greens.


Swiss chard starting to get it's true leaves.

Lettuce

Love the trout lettuce.

What happened to my broccoli? Glad I bought some and it's trying to act up on the porch.

What happened to that pepper? I still have 2.



Trailing lobelia.

Still haven't transplanted those seedlings.

Help is on the way for these foxgloves.

Cosmos, verbascum, black eyed Susan vine, and some others already shown.

Nicotiania


Smaller foxglove seedlings.

Sage, 1 seedling seemed to have died over night.

A few Echinacea survived and are growing nicely.

Ivy leaf geraniums, Echinacea, and pitiful gazania.



Mustard Greens

Kale

And the only begonia.

Sunday, April 1, 2018

The Weekend
















Have to do better in the spring and remove the wire before this happens. I'll come out another day and remove it and some in the other flower bed.




For the table. Resurrection Sunday dinner tomorrow. A lot of flowers today at the market but nothing really special. The roses are already opening. I found the coolest spot I could to put them in. Can't stay indoors with the oven on warming up the house from starting to prepare dinner for tomorrow.

They smell wonderful.







Will be burning that wood on Monday while it snows, again. 



My sister left her bunny decorations in the car. She said to put them in the containers. Although I have bunnies on my mantel, they're in memory of my mother who gave them to me years ago. Easter, which we call Resurrection Sunday is a holy and special event in Christianity. I'm honored to say the Christ is my savior. Without him there would be no me. I can rest assured that when I take my final breath I'll spend eternity with him. One of my favorite scriptures in the Bible is when he told the thief on the cross, "Today You Shall Be With Me in Paradise." Blessed be the name of the Lord.




Just a place for the oxalis from last spring to rest while I wait for it to bloom. If the cold didn't kill the bulbs.




I need to plant that broccoli soon.

Miniature irsis finally started opening.