…repeatedly and with much growling
My tomato seedlings (and my spinach seedlings)…which I sprouted from seed and carefully tended on a table here in front of the living room window…then took outside to harden off…then planted in the veggie garden plot…ARE DYING! Those fuckers are dropping faster than Bushes approval rating. SIGH! I’m not sure if it’s the really warm sun (not likely), not enough hardening off time (doubtful), some soil fungus (maybe), insect predators (could be) or something else. About half of them are deader than shit right now and some of the rest are looking pretty wimpy. Well, I’ve still got some seedlings waiting in reserve, so I’ll replace the corpses and see what happens. I will note that the seedlings I bought at the nursery are doing ok, so this weekend will find me hitting Capitol Nursery again.
On the other hand, my Purple bush beans, strawberries, peas and herbs are growing like crazy. Tonight, the Patty Pan Squash and Acorn Squash go into the ground. This weekend, I’ll plant a few chilis and start some zuchinni and melon seeds/plants…as well as various groundcovers and perennial plants. My New Zealand Spinach hasn’t sprouted, so I’ll try planting a few seeds both indoors and out and we’ll see what happens. Gotta get my carrot seedlings in the ground tonight.
In gaming related news, the next phase of the Kingdom Building game is on pause until I can create a list of questions for the players to answer. Then, based upon those answers…and a few die rolls…and the leaning of the overarching metaplot…I’ll know more about what the world will be like when they start playing again in a couple of months.
Back on the gardening front, here are a few plants I’d recommend for any gardener just starting out…
DIANTHUS AKA Sweet Williams, Clove Pinks, Cottage Pinks & Carnations. Pretty, hardy, very easy to grow, lots of colors/combinations of colors and they come as perennials or re-seeding annuals.
ZINNIAS Come in an incredible range of colors and patterns. Easy to grow, great looking and birds love their seeds.
SEDUMS Dead easy to grow, even in crappy soil. Nearly carefree and you can find them in a wide array of forms. An excellent groundcover.
SNAP BEANS No matter if they are bush type (fewer beans, but easier to pick and they all mature pretty much at once) or pole type (more beans, much larger plant that needs support, beans mature over a 2-3 month period), these are probably the easiest veggy to grow (with zuchinni being a damned close second).
LAVENDER Pretty, very hardy, smells great, comes in many varieties, attracts bees and butterflies…what’s not to love?
Time for work…more bloggage tonight after the garden slaps me around.
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