Winter Garden Update. 2.26.22

Some of the chill garden seeds have started to germinate. Here are some radishes.

And some spinach.

Egyptian Walking Onions are looking pretty good. I gave them a bit of Miracle Grow. I know that's not organic, but it's not Deisel Oil, either. I think the plant food will boost them a bit for super early scallions. I also gave them some slug bait. Slugs love onions.

I try to keep the garlic bed weeded. That's why it is so helpful to grow garlic in raised beds or large containers. It's much easier to maintain them even though the ground is too muddy to walk on in a normal, ground level garden. The garlic plants look pretty nice so far.

Snow and Freezing. 2.24.22

Delayed entry. We had lots of freezing and snow for a few days. I didn't see any damage yet to fruit tree buds.

Some of the peach buds show a little pink. It will be interesting to see if they set fruit despite getting frosted now.

A Quilt Is Completed :-) 2.21.22

I started this one last summer. Today I finished the binding.

The nine-patches and binding are all men's shirt fabric, so you can call this a "ten shirt quilt". I'm quite happy with the color theme and how it came together. Completed size is about 6 1/2 feet each side although I havent measured it. It's a nice feeling to finish a quilt. Next, that batiq fabric quilt I started a year ago. The top is assembled, the backing and batting are cut to fit.

Seedling Update. 2.20.22

Seedlings are mostly doing pretty well. I scattered the rest of the New York Early heirloom onion seeds on a container. Prior germination was so poor. I did these off the warming mat. Not sure if that was better but looks like at least 20 additional plants. That should give a few for saving seeds next fall, and a few weeks worth of eating onions too.

Peppers, thyme, carnations, tiny tomato varieties.

Carnations, Rudbeckia, Echinacea

Mostly oregano, and one gallardia.

Celery, Echinacea, Rudbeckia.

The onions, scallions, shallots are on the top shelf now, no artificial light. They will be fine until I plant them outdoors after the current cold spell.

Ginger Plant Started. 2.20.22

This was a little nub on a fresh ginger from the grocery store. It was about the size of a garbanzo bean. I cut it off, let it dry a day, planted. It took a month to grow. I thought it was dead. Noticed this today.

I'll kerp it under the lights and up-pot as needed. We'll see what happens.