The days are getting noticeably longer now, and there has actually been some growth going on in the Arizona mini-garden. Not a lot, mind you, but enough to give me some hope we'll have something mature before we leave to go back home.
I've pulled a few radishes from this bed, and thinned out the lettuce a bit. The radishes are sweet and mild, but several of them have root maggot damage, and many of them have large tops but little or no root. They won't go to waste, though. My pet rabbit loves the radish leaves. All of the lettuces were planted at the same time, so it's unusual the sizes of the plants are so varied, even among the same varieties. Everything is still under netting for bird protection.
The kale in this pot is from Stefaneener, of Sicilian Sisters Grow Some Food. They have some true leaves, so will have to be thinned down to one or two in the pot....someday.
These red onions were planted from sets. I'll definitely get a harvest from them, as scallions.
The spinach is growing slowly, but at least it lives. Some came up in another bed and promptly died. Which reminds me, I need to get a photo of them for the next Garden Bloggers Death Day. I know it's nearly impossible to see them, but there are carrots germinating in the center of the container. Very good germination!
Ooooh, do click on this photo to enlarge it! Look at all the tiny carrots, with their feathery little true leaves! I planted these 1" apart on the seed mats, and I'm still going to have to thin out half of them, as I think every single one came up. I'll wait until the tops are large enough to thin and use as bunny food.
The potted Red Romaine, brought down from WA last October, is still providing the rabbit with a handful of greens each week, although it has turned a bit too bitter for using in our salads.
The pansies provide some much needed color to brighten my days.
Gee, Annie.....I'm sorry we woke you up!
That's a lot in my opinion. The carrots are delightful, as is Annie.
ReplyDeleteThat "kale" looks suspicious to me. I wonder what else it could be. . . not tat soi, but it looks too feathery to be Siberian kale. Maybe as it gets bigger. I'm going to mess up my reputation as a seed sharer if it's not true!
Looking good Gran! I can't wait to start working on my seed mats for this spring, especially the carrots. Do you know how much in advance I can make them...I'm assuming I can do it now right?
ReplyDeleteStefaneener, you sent kale and cilantro seeds. Maybe I got them mixed up?
ReplyDeleteThomas, I would think you could make and dry them anytime, then use as needed. I haven't tried it...well, I did have a lettuce mat that hung on the hanger in the shed for about a month, and it germinated just fine.
ReplyDeleteGranny, is that poor dog STILL hung over from New Year's?
ReplyDeleteRibbit, she sure looks like it, doesn't she? We weren't home that evening (we were partying sober at a neighbor's), so I wonder if she got into Mr. H's bourbon while we were away. ;-)
ReplyDeleteAll the young plants seem to be coming along nicely. I love seeing ssedlings emerge - particularly when the germination has been good and the spacing laid out well ahead of time.
ReplyDeleteGranny - I know what you mean on saying "2010". It's just weird! It's funny that you mention kale, because I was just looking at a picture of some in a catalog. Nobody grows it around here, and I wouldn't know what to do with it.
ReplyDeleteKitsap, Mr. H still says we're going home in ?February, so most of the garden may be for naught.
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EG, I've never grown nor eaten kale, either. I've bought it for the rabbit, but never tasted it! If this grows, it will be a first for me.
Everything you're growing is looking great to me :-) My garden is a bust this winter... I've planted twice and I'm having a rough time getting anything to germinate. We've been having some unusually cold temps here this year. It's like the ice age LOL Plus, we've had a couple of "MICES" that come from the woods right behind us - and they've found my seedlings! We're working to get rid of them now.
ReplyDeleteYou're puppy is so cute! And I completely agree - 2010 just sounds so weird. It is definitely going to take some time to get used to saying and writing it.
Your kale looks suspiciously like cilantro or parsley (probably cilantro since parsley grows so slowly). Those aren't kale seed leaves.
ReplyDeleteI had trouble remembering 2010 too. For me it will take about three months before I don't have to hesitate before I write.
Nice seedlings AG, I always have a hard time getting spinach to much. Love Annie's look. :)
ReplyDeleteJudy, it's been colder here than usual, too. Mr. H says we should have stayed home in front of the fireplace and raised tomatoes on the windowsill! Sorry about the mouse problem. We had them in our garage one winter, while we were in AZ, and came home to find three of them had fallen into the chest freezer and couldn't escape....not a good way to die. Now we leave the freezer plugged in and the door closed!
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Daphne, I hope it is cilantro. Then it won't outgrow the pot and I can take it home with me for the big garden. Stefaneener sent both cilantro and kale, and the larger seeds were identified as kale...I may have misread that, as I think the cilantro seed is larger than the kale seed.
I don't write many checks anymore, preferring to use a check card, but I'll pre-date the next ten checks with 2010 so I don't forget! Maybe entering it often on my blog will make it sink into my brain quicker.
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Kelly, I've not had problems with spinach germinating up north. The spinach that didn't germinate was leftover seed from 2008, so it probably is no longer viable. The spinach in the container was from a new package, and had 100% germination.
Can't wait to try my carrots again. I harvested them, but because I started them late they matured in the summer and didn't get very sweet. Love the seedling pic!
ReplyDeleteKalena Michele, there's no way we'll still be here when these carrots mature. I did get some baby carrots last year, but they were grown in containers and grew much faster, so they were edible by mid March.
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