I NEED MORE DAHLIAS!!!
Friday, April 15, 2011
April 11 Update
We potted up our dahlia tubers today! Well, most of them anyways :)
I have a couple dozen or so more... I was thinking I had enough, and now I'm thinking I don't... We are going to plant about 80 here at the house, and St. Joseph's asked us to about double what we did last year, so that will be about 75 there.. plus I need to get some started for my mom's garden...
I NEED MORE DAHLIAS!!!
I NEED MORE DAHLIAS!!!
April 9th Update
~We spent spring break out out of town, so this is all catch up work :)
Observations: Chamomile and Merigolds are peeking out. Tomato, spinach are up too, no peppers yet.
Comments: All comments today are by Selena, Abby was also there, but didn't have much to say.
"Look, leaves!" about the cucumber seedlings
"We might have to take them outside"
"Let's check our rainbow!" when we were checking our "rainbow" seeds
"This one is almost as tall as Daddy!" referring to the Morning Glory seedling
Observations: Chamomile and Merigolds are peeking out. Tomato, spinach are up too, no peppers yet.
Comments: All comments today are by Selena, Abby was also there, but didn't have much to say.
"Look, leaves!" about the cucumber seedlings
"We might have to take them outside"
"Let's check our rainbow!" when we were checking our "rainbow" seeds
"This one is almost as tall as Daddy!" referring to the Morning Glory seedling
April 5th Update
~We spent spring break out out of town, so this is all catch up work :)
Observations: Cucumbers, tomatoes, and zinnia showing. Can see corn kernals, recovered with soil.
Comments:
Selena "I can smell their smell!" in reference to the damp soil smell in the growing room
Observations: Cucumbers, tomatoes, and zinnia showing. Can see corn kernals, recovered with soil.
Comments:
Selena "I can smell their smell!" in reference to the damp soil smell in the growing room
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Monday, April 4th
We have corn sprouts! They were nearly 1/2 an inch tall already! Lots of other sprouts too, chamomile and cucumbers, morning glory's are all up, bachelor buttons, zinnias too. I'll have to check my list when I get back to town, but there were a lot. I turned the heater down and the lights off for our trip so they slow down a bit till we get back.
Weekend Update
Starting Friday night, we got working on the dahlia tubers. We started with 8 boxes, and by the end of Friday, we had 7 and a half boxes to go... Ugh! I called in for reinforcements for Sunday and wanted to get through them a little faster. When we checked our seeds on Saturday, we had sprouts! {I will update this with my specific notes when I get back to town, for now I think that the sprouts were cucumbers, bachelor buttons, and morning glory's}
Sunday we had a few more sprouts!
When the dahlia helper came over on Sunday, we had gotten through the rest of the first box and had brought in 3 more. We were on our way to cruise through them. By the end of the day, we had gotten through two more boxes with sorting. That night, I went through and individually wrapped the ones that were ready for sale. I had to give up at 10, because I was tired and had other lessons to get ready for on Monday.
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Sunday we had a few more sprouts!
When the dahlia helper came over on Sunday, we had gotten through the rest of the first box and had brought in 3 more. We were on our way to cruise through them. By the end of the day, we had gotten through two more boxes with sorting. That night, I went through and individually wrapped the ones that were ready for sale. I had to give up at 10, because I was tired and had other lessons to get ready for on Monday.
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Friday, April 1, 2011
April 1, 2011, Gardening Journal
We are going to be notebooking or journaling our gardening adventures this year. This is what we've done so far. (Selena has done her part, I'm the one that needs to do my entries!)
Selena picked out the scrapbooking paper to cover a wide-ruled spiral bound notebook.
She wrote "Our Garden Journal"
Page 2-3, with a foldout map of our seed starts. I'll add my journal entry for Day 1 on the page to the left.
Detail of the foldout.
List of seeds we planted, with a little packet of seeds of each type.
They are written in the color we expect them to be.
We are already having so much fun! We can't wait for some little green sprouts!
April 1, 2011, Seed Planting
Today we got nearly everything we wanted to accomplished!
We started the day by planting our rainbow seeds.
After sorting one of the eight boxes of stored tubers, I realized that I'm in need of help, and called our great friend Heidi. She is going to come help Sunday!
In the evening, I thatched the yard. Greg wasn't here, and I took lawnmower apart and put the appropriate blade on it, and started it up and thatched the yard! It was on my to do list so we can get the greenhouse staked down, and I didn't know if there would be any other time this weekend. I got done after 8, and it was full dark. But the girls enjoyed playing outside in the dark while I raked :).
Then, finally, I got the herbs, vegetables, and a few flower seeds planted. They are also under the UV lights in our little basement propagation room.
We started the day by planting our rainbow seeds.
They sure love to get them all poked in there!
All planted! The seeds happily under their UV lights.
After sorting one of the eight boxes of stored tubers, I realized that I'm in need of help, and called our great friend Heidi. She is going to come help Sunday!
In the evening, I thatched the yard. Greg wasn't here, and I took lawnmower apart and put the appropriate blade on it, and started it up and thatched the yard! It was on my to do list so we can get the greenhouse staked down, and I didn't know if there would be any other time this weekend. I got done after 8, and it was full dark. But the girls enjoyed playing outside in the dark while I raked :).
Then, finally, I got the herbs, vegetables, and a few flower seeds planted. They are also under the UV lights in our little basement propagation room.
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