Category: Gardening

I’ll be adding photos to the new Gardening 2012 album on Google’s PicasaWeb, which feeds this website’s Photos page and Google+ quite nicely.

Here’s some photos I took on March 2.

 

 

Next to bloom were the carrots and melons on March 1 and then the Love in a Mist (free gift from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds) and Petunia on March 2. Today, nothing new bloomed – so no new photos. Kinda chilly. Spent most of my day learning how to have a baby. True story. Then I planted some climbing cardinal vines, wildflower seeds and repotted a thing here and there.

 

Lilac Time Zinnias, from Pinetree Garden Seeds, were the first seeds to germinate this year. Last Wednesday evening, I planted 200+ seeds in trays and kept them on the porch and watered them every day, sometimes twice a day, and now I finally have something to show for it.

I found two little sprouts this morning when I watered them (yes, before work), and one of the Redcrest Cosmos from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds also germinated.

And it’s still February. Happy Leap Day!

When I got home from work, more of the lilac zinnias came up and so did some of the Lavender Queen Zinnia.

Yeah, so what. I took this photo during the commercial break of Modern Family. After dark.

Pruning the roses led to creating an impromptu bouquet.

See all photos of flowers inside in water-filled vases.

 

Bluebonnets!

The two bluebonnet plants I planted in September have started to bloom. Kim documented the first bloom yesterday on Facebook (you have to be my friend or her friend to see the link – why not be my friend on Facebook?).

Here’s some more photos I took of them today.

 

 

Spring is just around the corner. In this part of Texas, anyway.

I removed about 12 Tabasco pepper plants from the beds today. I’m just never going to get around to making my own sauce. And the damn things are too hot to eat otherwise. I’m really looking forward to filling those beds with something I can eat, or something that looks better than a bunch of half frost-bitten Tabasco pepper plants.