seedlings in the greenhouse, front garden

nasturtiums, butterfly weed, coneflower


the last of the tomatoes, i've run out of room in the garden for more. and the second round of watermelon seedlings after i killed over half of the original lot when i transplanted them to bigger pots.


the few remaining original watermelon seedlings that survived the transplanting


this was supposed to be chinese kale, but this bin keeps sprouting tomato seedlings by the ton. i think either the tortoise pooped out a bunch of tomato seeds that got mixed in the bin, or else ate a lot of tomatoes in this bin and the seeds got scattered. seriously this bin has sprouted three different rounds of excessive tomato seedlings! and i sure as heck didnt plant any in here.


coneflower and black eyed susans


basil, jicama, celeriac


the cantelope vines were getting REALLY long, stretching out everywhere.


this front garden isnt doing so well. the three sedum i had there werent doing well because i kept watering everything else they were interplanted with. the canterbury bells in the middle really took off this year. they're biennials. last year they were just weird little flat green plants. this year they're 2-3 feet tall!


the tulips did well, and of course i forgot to get a picture when they were all in bloom. and the orange daylilies are going gangbusters.


this weird plant popped up next to the canterbury bells. each of those little round leaf looking things, upon closer examination looked a little more like elm tree seeds. i dont know what it was, so i yanked it out.


the canterbury bells in the other front garden. they're huge!


canterbury bells on the left, daylilies (that arent orange) on the right.


see how thick the stalk is on the bells!


close up of the flower buds for the bells


this is what they looked like the first year. (not my photo, silly me didnt take any pictures of it then!)

tomato seedlings

tomato seedlings under the grow lights, first week of may. still too cold back then to plant outside, but they're getting HUGE! (our last frost date up in minnesota isnt until end of may)


the watermelon seedlings i transplanted didnt do well, they started dying (left end and right end). i disturbed the roots to much. watermelon dont like being transplanted, but minnesota summers arent long enough for watermelon without starting the seeds indoors.


more overgrown tomato seedlings that need to be moved to bigger pots


cantelope seedlings doing wonderful


my teeeeeeny tiny stevia seedling. the first batch of seeds i planted amounted to nothing. this is from the second batch and i scattered over 50 teeny tiny seeds over three of those little pot spaces. only one sprouted.


i bought new 3.5" pots to replace the older, flimsier ones i've been using that are cracking and falling apart. so i'll be able to toss a bunch of falling apart pots this summer rather than having to wash them. and the pots came with a 'dibbler' or little tool to help transfer smaller seedlings to bigger pots. but its labeled as a jewelry tool for sorting beeds. beeds, seeds, tomato, tomahto. they're all teeny tiny.


i did this puzzle but i took it apart and put it away before i took a picture. i enjoyed this one. i didnt find everything listed on the back, but i found most. it was a fun one.


pics from the second time i made corned beef. i love this stuff.

seedlings indoors and in the greenhouse

watermelon seedlings under grow lights


watermelon and cantelope seedlings. the grow light is deliberately angled so the bulbs are close to the shorter cantelope seedlings, but not touching the taller watermelon seedlings.


nasturtium on the left, butterfly bush in the middle, calendula on the right


tomato seedlings in need of some water


all three shelves/lights


brussels sprouts, broccoli, and onions


radish greens for sweetpea


yu choy greens for sweetpea


the greenhouse with the cool weather seedlings in it

greens, peas, and puzzes

the greens in the greenhouse are growing nicely


it snowed on the peas.


havent been doing too many puzzles lately

seedlings!

my brother and his wife gave me some cherry tomato seeds for xmas two years ago. sweetpea adores the cherry tomatoes, so i planted them again this year for her. they saved the seeds themselves, and some of the seeds were in clumpsand i was too lazy to break them up this year. so i just planted them that way. i didnt expect EVERY single seed to sprout, but they did!


oh boy did they ever! WHOOPS!


i really wasnt expecting that to happen...


so i did some thinning


rather than pull the extras out, i just grabbed the scissors and cut them off.


there was a lot of thinning to be done


i cut them back to only two stems per pot


newly thinned


watermelon sprouting under grow lights


onions, brussels sprouts, broccoli, and various flowers


blurry tomatoes on the bottom shelf of grow lights


tada!


peas and i think radish greens out in the greenhouse


the new hose reel i had to buy because the old one broke last fall. and its difficult to wrangle 100 feet of hose without a hose reel.

shower curtains on the floor

here is the shower curtain i spread out on the floor under my grow lights to protect my nice hardwood floors. i'm a messy gardener, always spilling dirt and water. the shower curtain works very well.