sweetpea vs endive

sweetpea vs curly endive


i've gotten endive seeds three times and they're not the same as what i can rarely get at the grocery store.


sweetpea doesnt much like the homegrown varieties i've found so far. she really likes the grocery store curly endive variety


she'll eat all of this


i need to find the right variety of curly endive to grow for her. thus far i'm not having much success. its frustrating.

the greenhouse heater

the new heater in the greenhouse


its a nice 'oil radiator' style heater


inside the greenhouse view of the new cord 'hatch' and the new garage outlet


the cords are strung up around the greenhouse shelf supports to keep them from touching the floor, but also to create a lower point, in case condensation occurs on the cords, that it wont travel from outdoors up and around thru to the heater.


the tray of lettuce out in the greenhouse


the tray of radish greens out in the greenhouse, a little droopy because the greenhouse still heats up in the sun, even it the nights get down to freezing.



79`F INSIDE the greenhouse, but only 40`F outside. sunshine makes a huge difference.

more garden pictures

The trapped watermelon. by the time i discovered it, it was already too big to pull back thru the fence.


Molly outside the garden looking in at me. She’d been sniffing at the trapped watermelon.


Regular watermelon on the ground


Zucchini


Broccoli is still growing




Baby cantelope


Cherry tomatoes


Amish paste tomatoes


Tomatoes growing tall


Cauliflower


The lettuce seeds that also sprouted some tomato seedlings and some other unidentified stuff (all the tomato seedlings have been pulled out at this point)


Stevia and basil


Asparagus and volunteer ground cherries

pictures of my seedlings that have sprouted so far

i organized my seeds by when they need to be planted


they dont look like much yet


sweet onions


blue petunias


lilac ice petunias


cabbage


kohlrabi


early escarole for the tortoise


tomatoes! (um, i may have gone overboard here... i planted 60 seeds! and most have sprouted! last year i only planted 36.)


nothing yet from jicama or celeriac


i'll be planting broccoli, brussels sprouts, and ground cherries soon too.