Dividing and Repotting Alpine Strawberry Plants. 31 Mar 25.

 These are the Alpine strawberries that I grew from seeds last year.  They bear tiny berries, very intense flavor, very sweet.  I think they are too crowded.

I started dividing them.  A lot remaining to divide.  I planted three in this large container that already contains some lilies.

This is good for accessible gardening.  I can sit on garden stool, to tend them at a comfortable height.

Forsythias in Bloom. 31 Mar 25.

 These are the forsythias that I grew from cuttings a few years ago.

Deer don't eat them.  I never water them during our months-long dry summers.  After blooming, I'll cut back to about three or four feet tall.

Repotting Tomato Seedlings. 31 March 2025.

 I repotted the taller tomato seedlings.  These are the Roma VF II, that I grew from self-saved seeds.  Heirloom, grow true from saved seeds.  Bush type, determinate growth pattern.   Meaty, good flavor for salsa and tomato sauce,

They were a bit leggy, because I didn't get them from the warming mat to the LEDs immediately.  So I planted them about and inch deeper.  They will grow roots from the sides of the stems, and planting deeper is standard for tomatoes.  They perked up again in a couple of hours.

I re-use the plastic pots.  These have been used about a dozen times so far.  I wash thoroughly to remove all soil, then run through dishwasher to sterilize them.  

I also re-potted the SuperSweet-100 Cherry tomatoes.  They are taller, hybrid, and more vigorous, indeterminate.  Mostly I'm growing dwarf varieties, but these are my favorite cherry tomatoes.

Tomato Seeds Planted. 15 March 2025.

 Today I planted these tomato seeds.  Except one variety (Supersweet 100) they are mostly fairly old, from my seed stash.  Most are dwarf or compact.  I hope they all germinate.  Some are seeds I've saved.

After trying many varieties of cherry tomatoes, I continue to have the most success with Supersweet-100, and like its flavor the best.  By far.  It's too vigorous, but I will grow it anyway.

A Batik Quilt. 15 March 2025.

I made this as a gift for a friend.  I asked for her to choose the block style that she liked, and select the color choices from  my pile of batiks.