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Gardening, etc
May. 1st, 2013 09:24 amIt's Mayday, and the weather forecast has a 90% chance of rain, snow, and sleet today. This isn't incredibly outrageous in Nebraska--Lincoln's frost-free date is May 15--but it is inconvenient. I don't know what to plant right now in my garden, it's too wet and cold to get into the garden if I did, and my bedroom is practically impassable because I'm stuck with both my cold-weather and warm-weather clothing in play.
Of the seeds I planted earlier in the month, the brassicas all sprouted almost immediately. As I was stuck home then with sinus issues this was cheering. The tomatoes started showing life a week later, and today I noticed that some of my peppers were sprouting. I'll need to dig out my notebook to figure what varieties I have, but being able to have any tomato and pepper plants without buying sets makes me happy.
Because I was worried about viability, in some cases I dropped two tomato seeds into the little peat pellet and so now have two plants growing in the same space. In the interest of science I've decided to let them both grow a bit, and then snip one off, plant it in some fresh potting soil, and see if I can get it to root. If it succeeds I have another plant to give away, and if it fails I've lost nothing.
I'm dithering over a BPAL order. Today is the last day to order the April eclipse blend and the sweet alyssum single note, so I need to decide quickly. It's a lot of money for scents I can't try beforehand, even when one takes into account their trade potential. On the other hand, the eclipse blend would be a chance to see if I like how BPAL handles patchouli. On the third hand, it' looks like I'll be swapping for a patchouli-containing floral, so maybe I should just save my money. I should, after all, be saving for a bicycle. Not to mention the two Lamy Al-Stars I've decided I want. It's nice that my financial health has improved to the point I can have problems like this, but I could want to be better at making up my mind.
Of the seeds I planted earlier in the month, the brassicas all sprouted almost immediately. As I was stuck home then with sinus issues this was cheering. The tomatoes started showing life a week later, and today I noticed that some of my peppers were sprouting. I'll need to dig out my notebook to figure what varieties I have, but being able to have any tomato and pepper plants without buying sets makes me happy.
Because I was worried about viability, in some cases I dropped two tomato seeds into the little peat pellet and so now have two plants growing in the same space. In the interest of science I've decided to let them both grow a bit, and then snip one off, plant it in some fresh potting soil, and see if I can get it to root. If it succeeds I have another plant to give away, and if it fails I've lost nothing.
I'm dithering over a BPAL order. Today is the last day to order the April eclipse blend and the sweet alyssum single note, so I need to decide quickly. It's a lot of money for scents I can't try beforehand, even when one takes into account their trade potential. On the other hand, the eclipse blend would be a chance to see if I like how BPAL handles patchouli. On the third hand, it' looks like I'll be swapping for a patchouli-containing floral, so maybe I should just save my money. I should, after all, be saving for a bicycle. Not to mention the two Lamy Al-Stars I've decided I want. It's nice that my financial health has improved to the point I can have problems like this, but I could want to be better at making up my mind.
