Overwintered Chives and Chinese Chives Are Growing. 5 Feb 2024

 These are containers of chives and Chinese chives that I started from seeds last summer.

One has been pulled up.  That's probably a Stellar Jay.  They are pretty but they are obnoxious jerks LOL.

Container Bulbs And Rhizomes Are Growing. 5 Feb 2024.

 Most of the container - planted bulbs have emerged.

You can see tulips, daffodils, grape hyacinths so far.  

In addition to bulbs, some of the bearded iris rhizomes are starting to grow.  Some look better than others.

Onion Seedlings. Progress Notes. 5 Feb 2024.

 Here's how the onion seedlings look now.  They are all growing fine.

I dropped one of the Patterson hybrid onion containers.  That's the one on the far left.  Some have recovered.  I also planted another container of those.  Those have also started to germinate.

Eucalyptus Seedling Update, And Starting Some Silver Dollar Eucalyptus Seeds. 5 Feb 2024.

 Here are the Lemon Bush Eucalyptus seedlings now.  I have also seen them called Corymbia citriodora. 

 They are growing nicely and will need to be moved into larger containers soon.

With that success - so far - I found some seeds of Eucalyptus cinerea.  These are what we usually think of as the classic eucalyptus oil scent and greyish / bluish round leaf shape.  My intent is to have container plants or grow far from the house, because this variety is flammable.

Per the seller's instruction, the seeds should be soaked 24 hours but I forgot and soaked 48 hours.  They were so tiny, I spooned them out of the soaking cup with small amounts of water, and poured those spoonfulls onto the pre-moistened seed starting medium.  On the warming mat, and under an LED desk lamp, they germinated in one week.

These are tiny.  So far, so good...

Finishing the Wooden Box. 5 Feb 2024

 Here's the completed project.  I did six coats of aerosol satin finish polyurethane.  It gives a nice lustre and feel.

I was thinking about lining the drawers, but opted for just using a wood conditioner.

I made a template to get the handles as uniform as possible.

I could have painted, but I enjoy looking at the natural wood grain.  I think this looks much nicer than the original box, and is perfect for the planned use.  I like the way the joinery gives structural detail, rather than being hidden or painted over.