Seedy Sunday

Things continue to do mostly well in the seed department.

The lettuce/spinach continues to grown nicely.

The radishes are doing very well too – look at that little red root. Of course, they have much more growing to do, but I couldn’t help checking on them.

I am THRILLED with my sweet peas. I’ve got over 50% germination rate. and look how tall and straight they are. They get rotated a couple times throughout the day to keep them growining nicely.

Sadly, the Mini-Mike melons aren’t showing any sign yet. Im going to give them a little more time before I give up on the completely.

And it looks like the squirrels are protesting the lack of peanuts

They made quite the mess of the cornflowers. There are still some growing, (and I have a lot more seeds) so it’s not a total loss.

The seeds I planted last week are just starting to sprout – mostly the tray of sunflowers. But here’s some proof that sometimes you just have to let nature do it’s thing…

These are all sunflower seedlings… from the sunflowers I had surrounding the front porch. I’m going to let these grow on a bit. If they survive the squirrels, I’ll give them some better spots in other gardens

While the strawberry seeds I planted didn’t germinate at all..

The existing strawberries are starting to bloom. I still need to get some fresh plants though. These ones are a few years old, and strawberry plants tend to weaken over time.

4 thoughts on “Seedy Sunday

  1. Val,

    I found some sunflowers in the yard about the same size. The weeding is already an issue. I tried planting a lot of lettuce in an area that I cleared out of weeds. I hope they will sprout up fast and compete with them. My fast geranium is beginning to bloom.. Columbine are close . Put out some snapdragons in pots on the fence. Two containers in the front with snaps, and a tall spike, and a vine . I got a watering can, much needed for Mothers Day!

    Im hoping to finish my shawl with the expensive store shop yarn that split. Oh it was so splitty. Id never gift it, but its pretty and will be warm. Then I will get to start another with a knit picks DK that shouldn’t split.

    Happy Gardening kathy b

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  2. On a walk yesterday I noticed a neighbor’s strawberry plants had almost ripe strawberries on them. The Farmer’s Market is full of them for sale so I guess it’s time. Seems early but then it’s been so cold here this spring.

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