Done. I think.
Posted by Elizabeth on 04-11-2010 at 11:14 am
I am pretty sure that I have finished planting things for the summer.
Note: This post would include pictures of the tiny plants in their pots, but right now my deck is full of dirt-daubers and carpenter bees. Neither one is particularly painful, but I would rather not get stung anyway, or let them into the apartment. I will try to get some shots this evening, when everything has calmed down.
Last week all the carrot seeds went out, the basil got its start indoors, and yesterday I planted the last of the spinach for the spring. Thus ends my mucking around with seeds, until the fall anyway, when I may or may not plant more spinach. I am also considering doing some garlic, but I haven't made up my mind about that yet.
This was also the week of transplanting things. The bell pepper was the first thing to move, into a newspaper pot made from these instructions. It is not quite consistently warm enough to put it out on the patio yet, but it needed more dirt than what the peat pot had to offer. This is a decent compromise, and I hope it lasts until the weather warms up a bit more. The chives went into the window-box that the carrot seeds got planted in. They seem to be doing fairly well, but have only been out since Wednesday. The parsley went into my second hanging basket (the first is full of spinach), and is showing a bit of improvement. The basket is probably a bit on the small side for the GIANT Italian Parsley variety that I have, but I think it will be close enough.
I do wish I knew where we were going to be next year (or in five or ten years, for that matter) so I could make some long-term plans for the garden space. The garlic, for example, I probably will not be able to move with, and I will not know whether I can winter-over the parsley or a couple of carrots to try to get some seeds next year. But, you know, wishes and horses and all.
Note: This post would include pictures of the tiny plants in their pots, but right now my deck is full of dirt-daubers and carpenter bees. Neither one is particularly painful, but I would rather not get stung anyway, or let them into the apartment. I will try to get some shots this evening, when everything has calmed down.
Last week all the carrot seeds went out, the basil got its start indoors, and yesterday I planted the last of the spinach for the spring. Thus ends my mucking around with seeds, until the fall anyway, when I may or may not plant more spinach. I am also considering doing some garlic, but I haven't made up my mind about that yet.
This was also the week of transplanting things. The bell pepper was the first thing to move, into a newspaper pot made from these instructions. It is not quite consistently warm enough to put it out on the patio yet, but it needed more dirt than what the peat pot had to offer. This is a decent compromise, and I hope it lasts until the weather warms up a bit more. The chives went into the window-box that the carrot seeds got planted in. They seem to be doing fairly well, but have only been out since Wednesday. The parsley went into my second hanging basket (the first is full of spinach), and is showing a bit of improvement. The basket is probably a bit on the small side for the GIANT Italian Parsley variety that I have, but I think it will be close enough.
I do wish I knew where we were going to be next year (or in five or ten years, for that matter) so I could make some long-term plans for the garden space. The garlic, for example, I probably will not be able to move with, and I will not know whether I can winter-over the parsley or a couple of carrots to try to get some seeds next year. But, you know, wishes and horses and all.
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