Compared to Last Year

Just for comparison, the pictures on the left are last year and the pictures on the right are this year.

3/11/10 and 3/14/11

3/18/10 and 3/14/11

Greenhouse Time

There has been some rearranging in the greenhouse.

My old greenhouse plot was in the foreground on the right.

My new greenhouse plot is in the foreground on the left.

As you can see, I planted it with the first of the cold-tolerant greens today.

Here's what I planted (from left to right):

-Spinach

-Miner's Lettuce

-Corn Salad

-Lettuce Mix

Looking in the greenhouse.

More!

On a whim, I planted seeds for:

Early spring greens - lettuce mix, miner's lettuce, and corn salad.

Marigolds

Basil

I've never started lettuce indoors and I've never grown miner's lettuce or corn salad.

Eight Weeks to Last Frost

It's eight weeks (plus two days) until last frost today.

The weather forecast is looking great for this coming week with temperatures in the 40-50s. I'm thinking about going out to the greenhouse to plant seeds for my early greens.

I'm debating planting marigold seeds (just because I like having the flowers inside) and basil seeds (to get a head start on the season).

I fertilized a few days ago. I haven't previously been attentive to fertilizing seedlings, but have read that, once they get true leaves, they benefit from a little fertilizer.

The grow rack today.

Celeriac seedlings in the foreground.

Today I planted seeds for:

-Cabbage - Earliana, red acre, early jersey wakefield, premium flat dutch late.

-Cauliflower - just one: early snowball.

-Peppers - bella hot, carnival mix, thai dragon.

-Flowers - forget-me-not (annual & biennial), penstemon, impatiens, vinca, bells of ireland.

-Okra - red burgundy

The onion seedlings got their first haircut.

Lupine seeds soaking. These seeds are OLD, I think they're from 2002 or so, so I expect low/no germination.

Twelve Inches of Snow

We got another 12 inches of snow yesterday and right now it looks like it is snowing harder than it did yesterday.

This is what we're doing while we wait:

I planted celeriac seeds today.

Celeriac seeds are tiny.

Oops. Forgot to water the artichoke. Well, if it survives, we'll know it's a hardy one.

Grey Haze

The days remain short, the skies cloudy, and it is foggy. The ground is covered in a thick blanket of now old snow and the fog has left a coat of frost on everything.

It is a grey haze. No color. No contrast. No brightness. Just grey.

Daisy Duds

The Gerbera daisy seeds I planted are duds. It has been two weeks of water, soil, and warmth and no seedlings. They are seeds from cut flowers. So I guess I was optimistic to try.

Daisy Pots

Artichoke seedlings.