Finally managed to get some seeds in the dirt January 31st! I planted Lavender, Bee Balm, Eucalyptus, Snap Dragons, Geraniums, Petunias, Lisianthus, and Chinese Lanterns. All but the Snap Dragons are new to me. I have no idea what I am doing! So excited to say that I already have a few babies popping up. …
Category: seedlings
Rome Wasn’t Built in A Day
My seedlings are taking FOREVER to plant....like taking over an hour for me to do one row - granted it is 163 (or 100 if it's the 12 inch spacing) but man, I feel like I'm a turtle in peanut butter when it comes to planting these babies. I have 10 rows....TEN.....that's ten hours of …
Kicked Out….
Happy Sunday evening! I'm a bit behind on blogging - I took last week off due to Easter 🙂 and this weekend was spent with time with mom and time in the yard & of course the darn greenhouse!! A good deal of weeding, transplanting a few things in the greenhouse, poked more seeds in …
Accident at the Ranch
Happy Monday! As usual things were a bit nutty at the ranch this weekend. I took a great deal of time to take inventory Friday night. I ended up with a total of 961 seedlings. As I was doing inventory it occurred to me that perhaps I should do it differently - like mark the …
Growth, Strength, Bounty
A very productive weekend! I have two new shelves in the greenhouse - and they are full already!! Lots more flower seeds in soil - and even some peppers & tomatoes. My 32 seed packet order from Peaceful Valley Garden Supply in California arrived yesterday. To my surprise, there was double of everything. I think …
Pretty Food
While I was out of town the last few days, Joe was left watching the little seedlings. Apparently the cats had gotten inside the greenhouse and tipped over one of the trays full of little ones, but Joe tucked them all back in and picked up what he could. Honestly, I can't even tell which …
Is 40 Acres Enough?!
I planted a bunch of seeds yesterday, been busy! I officially have 20 flats - all of them on heat mats, but only 16 under lights. I did some rearranging and some thinning out and tossing out, condensing and sorting. All of them have a different amount of seeds in them, I'm thinking I currently …
Hard Working Bells of Ireland
I made a mistake when I planted my Bells of Ireland....I put them in the dark...I got mixed up with the Chinese Forget Me Nots 😳 that I didn't even plant yet! However....they are doing amazing-and now they I've checked on the package & realize that indeed they actually don't need darkness to germinate....they are …
Bells of Ireland & Carnations
Good evening! After a lovely breakfast and visit with my mom and daughter I manged to get a few more seeds in the dirt! So exciting! 101 Bells of Ireland and 48 more Carnations, a second planting of carnations from 3 weeks ago were just promoted to a new growing lamp. You can scoot over …
Sweet Peas Are Fussy – I Don’t Do Fussy Well
Sweet Peas.....why did I decide to do them? I'm a bit embarrassed to say I may have drank some of the Kool-Aid that Floret Farm was dishing out. It's not a bad thing, it just is. She was hooked on them, she made it sound so sweet and fabulous, I thought I'd give it a …
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