A couple more seeds sprouted today:
– Pepper (Mini Sweet Red)
– Nasturiums
– Tree Tomato (finally, I didn’t think these would sprout)
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Firecracker Begonia + Horseradish Update + Sowing a Bunch of Seeds…
The Firecracker Begonia 
that I sowed on Feb. 8 finally sprouted this weekend, even though I doubted that they would. They are so tiny and there are so many of them!!!
Compare the sprouts to the tip of a pen.
The Horseradish sprout that I found on Feb. 5 has sprouted roots. I’ll plant it in soil and slowly harden it off to go outdoor.
Finally, I sowed a bunch of seeds this evening.
They include:
– Tomato ‘Brandywine Red’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Copia’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Azoycha Yellow Russian’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘San Marzano’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Hippy Zebra’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Hawaiian Pineapple’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Speckle Red Roma’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Vntage Wine’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Red Zebra’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Red Pear’ (G2/2010)
– Tomato Tree
– Pepper (Sweet Mini Red G2/2007)
– Pepper (Sweet Mini Orange G2/2008)
– Pepper (Trader Joe’s Sweet Long Red G2/2010)
– Butter Daisy
– Cerinthe ‘Purple Bells’
– Larkspur ‘Giant Imperial Mix’
– Alyssum ‘Easter Bonnet Deep Rose’
– Bells of Ireland
– Tweedia caerulea (G2/2007)
– Nasturtium ‘Alaska Mix’ (G2/2010)
– Datura metal ‘Golden Queen’
– Datura metal ‘Purple Queen’
– Starfruit
– Tidy Tips (G2/2010)
– Tomato ‘Woodle Orange’
– Pepper ‘Golden Marconi (G2/2010)’
Massive Seed Sowing Sunday…
This weekend, we had beautiful summer-like weather with highs reaching 78°F (normal average is 63°F). Looks like we are going to have an early spring (which is what I think Mr. Groundhog told us). I remember last year, I couldn’t plant outside until May because he had rain everyday in April.
It’s funny seeing myself plant seeds… Does anyone else sit down cross-legged with slippers and short on and work on the ground like that? I think I need a potting table…
I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and start planting seeds… and I did some massive seed sowing:
– Lemon Cucumber
– Cosmos ‘Picotee’
– Cosmos ‘Sensation Mixed Colors’
– Orange Cosmos from treebreeze (Thank you for these! :)
– Sunflower ‘Summer Sun’ (Ox-Eye) (Heliopsis Scabra)
– Agrostemma ‘Ocean Pearl’
– Strawflower (Helichrysum) Tall Double Mixed Colors
– Nasturtium ‘Jewel Mixed Colors’
– Zinnia ‘Envy’
– Zinnia ‘Candy Cane Mix’
– Zinnia ‘Dahlia Flowered Mixed Colors’
– Zinnia ‘Giant Cactus Mixed Colors’
– Zinnia ‘Thumbelina’
– Lamb’s Ears (I think they are Lamb’s Ears) seeds that I collect from San Anselmo
Spiders, Spiders, Spiders: As I was filling the 6-pack cell pots with soil, I found a Spider living in between them. I released it so it can find a new home. My Mom then noticed a Spider that had made a home in our of our decorative bird house. Then when I was sowing the seeds, I notice hundreds of tiny baby spiders around the 6-packs, so I tried to disperse them around the garden to make new homes.
Peanuts: I also took the Peanut outdoors and repotted it (again) into a larger container (its permanent home) filled with potting soil and a lot of perlite to make the soil really loose.
Garden progress:
Recent blooms: Spring Starflower, Rananculus
About to bloom: the very first Columbine, Pears, Apples, Clematis, Wisteria
Emerging growth: Forsythia leaves, Taro