Speaking of garden projects, there's been quite a bit of progress. Last Sunday afternoon I started most (not quite all) of my seeds for the year. I like to use the convenient little Jiffy peat pellets that come with a tray for seed starting. It's super easy to grow out little seedlings in them for potting up later. I took a photo to show you the process.
Here's the tray this morning, less than one week after starting the seeds.
The tomatoes, basil, zinnias, and rose campion have all started to sprout. I'm still waiting on the peppers.
Out in the raised bed, the radishes and lettuce are up! They're too close together and will have to be thinned eventually--sowing such tiny seeds is really difficult. I'm sure once the carrots sprout (no sign of those yet) they'll be the most crowded of all.
Remember the daffodil bulbs I bought on a clearance rack over Christmas and planted on New Year's Day? The ones I thought might have been planted too late to bloom this year? This is what they look like today.
We planted the bulbs in clusters around the crepe myrtle trees. There were a dozen clusters all together, and all twelve spots look like this, with short flowers getting ready to open. This fall I'll probably add some more varieties of daffs (these are King Alfreds) as well as some hyacinths.
I'm glad March is finally here. Besides being my birthday month (yay!), it's the real start of spring (my favorite season). Last night when we took George out for a walk, we saw the first rabbit of the year. It was on our neighbor's lawn close to the circle of light cast by their porch light. After seeming to disappear in the fall and winter months, the return of these little guys is a sure sign of spring.
Congrats on the daffodils! Love that bunny picture -- look at his cute little fluffy white tail! Squeeeeeeee!
ReplyDeleteDaffodils and bunnies are definitely signs of spring!
DeleteYou have reminded me that I meant to start some seeds of a pepper that I have been saving. I feel useless today.
ReplyDeleteThat bunny is about the cutest thing ever. Here comes Peter Cottontail!
Is that betony where your daffodils are planted? It looks like it to me but I could be wrong. It sometimes seems like I have been pulling betony for most of my life. Mostly to no avail.
It's only betony if betony can grow wild around here. As far as I know it's just the weeds (I would say grass, but our lawn is more weeds than grass) under the trees.
DeleteYou are right. There's nothing like a rabbit stew to mark the end of wintertime. Hee-hee-hee! Sorry. I know that kind of humour is sick...
ReplyDeleteI might laugh along with you at the joke if the rabbits find my garden around back. I'm sure they'd have a feast on lettuce and carrots!
DeleteIt all looks wonderful! I can't wait for Spring to start here. It's already looking like Easter there with the Daffodils and bunnies!
ReplyDeleteI know! I have a small collection of wooden and porcelain rabbits...they're a sort of totem animal for me...and I'll be bringing them out and putting them on display in the house this weekend. When March begins, it's time to bring out the rabbits and hares around here!
DeleteWow! You have got a lot going already for your garden! Our snow piles are almost gone - one tiny one left out front. I can see the tips of my daffodils and tulips just starting to come up in the backyard so spring is coming. The weather app says we might have some snow flurries this week tho...
ReplyDeleteWhere are you exactly, Ellen? I always hope and wish for snow but we rarely get any. I'll admit I'd probably hate it if we still had it on the ground in March. To me, March means SPRING!
DeleteI am in Illinois. This is normal for us! Maybe a bit of snow tonight!
DeleteThis ALL makes me so happy. Excited to see the daffodils. I used to love starting things from seed. SG doesn’t have the patience and hates seeing the little bits of plants. Nothing better, I think. Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteAww, thank you Mitchell! You should start a few seeds for the fun of it. Even a couple of pots of cherry tomatoes for your balcony would be easy to grow and tasty in salads a couple of months down the road!
Deletethe plants look super! We sell tons of those little peat pots! Oh, and if you want any bunnies, let me know, I live in bunny hell.
ReplyDeleteNo thanks on the bunnies! :) I love those little peat pots and I'm getting ready to pick up some more. I still have cucumbers and some herbs to start.
DeleteLook at that Peter Cotton Tail.
ReplyDeleteI hope you find a way to be interested in work. No good at all, it being a boring drag!
Work is never boring, but the days are long sometimes no matter how much is going on! I'm ready for summer!
DeleteAlthough I love the bulbs coming up and picking out my annuals, spring also involves a LOT of yard work and weeding which are hard on my body. I remember those days of going back after a vacation; they were depressing after being on a more relaxed schedule.
ReplyDeleteIt really is a lot of work, but worth it. I even got some sun yesterday after spending most of the day outside!
DeleteThat looks like a young Rabbit too; a real Spring Bunny.
ReplyDeleteThe wild birds are very active and vocal now, too. Spring is definitely in the air!
DeleteThat rabbit is the picture of cuteness! Like you, I bring out rabbits and other spring stuff in my flat when March begins. One thing I change with the seasons is the cases on my settee cushions. In winter I had snow flakes and stars, now it is a grey hare, trees and flowers (all in yellow and grey, of course, to stick with the colour scheme in my living room). Both the current cases were bought in Ripon, so that is an extra small pleasure for me to be reminded of my home away from home.
ReplyDeleteI love the color scheme in your home! I remember when you painted and redecorated. You have good taste!
DeleteThose little guys are going to eat your crops...
ReplyDeleteWe'll see. My veggies are planted in the back. There's a fence and George regularly patrols the yard. I hope that's enough to keep them away!
DeleteCute rabbit! I almost never see rabbits here in England. Apparently they've undergone a huge population decline, as I was just reading the other day.
ReplyDeleteGlad your daffodils are bringing you flowers right away! Daffs are such great plants -- they are very hardy and very forgiving.
Two or three daffodil flowers opened yesterday!
DeleteThere is nothing like seeing seedlings popping up and promising a spring and summer bounty.
ReplyDeleteVery true!
DeleteI'm waiting for the bluebonnets...and waiting....
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