Growing Things

The recent warm weather we've had means that the plants in the greenhouse are getting the heat they need.  In the picture above, asparagus is at the top, and impatiens below.

These are tomato plants.  The row on the right are from seed that I dried myself, from a yellow-orange beefsteak.  The other two rows are from Park Seed, a truly excellent seed retailer.  The left two rows are their Early Hybrid.  Last year they produced tons of fruit all season long.

There is something very satisfying about checking on your planted seed and finding sprouted seedlings.

Uninvited Gnome

There is a gnome in my garden.  I did not put him there.  Last year I was given a small orange gnome by Angelia which lived in the corner of the garden, but this is not him.

I will get to the bottom of this.

Germination

Onions are up...

Asparagus are up...

and impatiens are up.
I used a new seed starting method where I wrap the containers in Saran wrap.  I did not upwrap them until I saw green through the plastic.  It worked, and I'll keep using that method.