Seed starting

My daughter is once again gearing up her business, Joyous's Plants, for the Midtown Farmer's Market. She's finding out that growing herbs (2 kinds of basil, summer savory, lemon balm, and parsley) is a lot more work than growing the red buckeyes she sold last year (there are about 4 of those left, too).


But everything is coming up well, and she has a great crop of moonvines to boot (below).



My tomato and pepper seedlings are also looking good despite some of the seeds being 10 years old! I just potted up many of the tomatoes and will have extras for the community harvest plots at the Community Garden. Now if I could just finish up my home garden fence and raised bed...

Firsts for the year

2010 Spring firsts for me:

sunburn: 3/24
ticks: 3/27
bat: 3/30
damselfly: 4/2
dragonfly: 4/6
ruby-throated hummingbird: 4/7 - hummers beat the red buckeye flowers this year, but coincided with the early coral honeysuckle blooms.
annoying black beetles that swarm our lights in spring: right now - argh!