Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Update 2-23-10

Here are some more pictures; some are of different/new plants, others are updates of previous plants.
I am wintering several plants in the basement. The temperature down there averages 48 F.
These are half of my geraniums. I pulled them from outside at the last minute in the end of October. The next weekend we had a hard frost.


Lengthwise view of the basement table.


We are also propagating some African Violet leaves from Oma's violets. (They were picked in January.) The brown spots are sunburn. We put them in some African Violet soil that we got and sprayed them to keep them wet.


Here is our seedling setup at the top of the stairs. We put it there because it was warmer than the basement, and it is hidden behind the stair door. I put in some shelves and hung lights on top. There is a light and another shelf beneath, but we aren't using it yet. I probably will pretty soon. That lightbulb underneath is for heat.


The radishes are now growing second leaves (true ones, very small under the big seedling leaves.) I planted all my seedlings in 3 parts soil, 2 parts peat.


Tomatoes are happy. :)


The big one was the first sprouted. (It should be transplanted soon.)


My basil finally sprouted!


Daddy's tomato sprouted! The race is on!!!


I planted these lettuce seedlings 5 days ago. I think there are too much. They grow way too fast for me to keep up. :)


Ambrose's parsley grows bigger!


Thursday, February 18, 2010

Welcome!

Welcome to Saxonbourg Greens!
This is a blog for all the plant goings-on at our house in Two Rivers, WI.
Daddy, Ambrose and I have all planted seeds 1-2 weeks ago and now some are coming up:
Chase the sun! (Planted 5-7 days ago.)


Me: Weed or marigold? Ambrose: Definitely Marigold. See? It's got the purple stem! (Planted 1 week ago.)


Ambrose's happy parsley seedlings, planted 4 weeks ago

4 oregano seedlings, planted 4 weeks ago. They're tiny!


Radish, planted 9 days ago. They grow fast.


Tomato, 10 days ago. Daddy and I have a race started to get the first tomatoes of the year. (His are the far left container in the top picture.)


Begonia cuttings - some are happy and others aren't. (Started 4 days ago.)


Fuchsia cuttings, started 1.5 weeks ago. They were really happy from the start.


And Daddy's leeks, which started this blog - planted 2 weeks ago. We could swear we saw one growing!