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Exactly a month and just before my patience bid farewell,

Tina — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:41:48 -0400

Author: Tina
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:41 pm (GMT 0)

I saw little pea seedlings poking their heads out of the ground!! YEAH!!I sowed them on 2/19 and today (3/20),they are about an inch tall. A happy day for me! Keep growing little ones!

Phase II - From coffee filters to pots.

Tina — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:00:17 -0500

Author: Tina
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:00 am (GMT 0)

Its exactly 11 days since I put the hollyhocks and 4 O'Clock seeds in coffee filter in ziplock bags. A lot of seeds have germinated and some has little leaves sprouting too. So, figured it is time for them to graduate to their pots.

Not so sure about the 4 O'Clocks - they seem to have a little rot on them. Very sweaty and moldy.

Replanted the kalanchoe plant that I bought last month. Also took a little cutting. Lets see how that does.

Kalanchoe cutting:

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Saw little shoots in some potatoes that was in the bag for the last two weeks. Mood struck, and one of the potatoes went to the backyard - a little experiment!

Only God can make a plant,but I am in charge of the seeds...

Tina — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:33:16 -0500

Author: Tina
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:33 am (GMT 0)

....so sowed some today(2/18).

18 4'O'clock seeds went to ziplock bags in wet coffee filters.
2 4'O'clock seeds in potting soil.My 8year old son has taken responsibility for these.
14 Hollyhock seeds are in ziplock bags in wet coffee filters.
Now the wait begins......

(2/23)
Noticed a couple of hollyhocks sending out little white roots and even a couple of 4'OClocks doing the same. In less than a week.........this is great!

2/19
Sowed a fistful of green peas seeds in the backyard vegetable patch.

2/21Now I can't stop......
Sowed white and pink Snapdragon seeds (these are seeds I saved from last years blooms)in starter pots.

Blue butterfly pea vine seeds went to ziplock bags in wet coffee filters. Hope these do well-they are very special to me as I got only 12 of them from my sisters garden in India.

(3/22) Rishi started his gardening journey this year on 3/22. He went ahead and planted some radish seeds,fell on top of them and was sad that they might not grow. On top of that it rained and rained all day. I hope he can harvest some of the radishes he planted - just so he can enjoy his efforts. Hoping my little boy loves gardening as much as I do.

I also sowed some Morning Glory seeds which I had soaked the previous night. Some of the morning glory seeds went in a beautiful basket. If they indeed germinate and eventually flower, it will look beautiful.Both radish and Morning Glory seeds were 20cents per packet. If nothing grows out of these, I will learn not to go bargain humting with seeds.

Blogging my gardening effort ...first time ever!

Tina — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:36:51 -0500

Author: Tina
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:36 am (GMT 0)

Why now? Well, I need to channel my excitement somewhere today. The 'big' reason for the excitement? Well, just found out that the three little plants that are in the front yard,that I keep staring at everyday,that lived through the snow so far and the ones' that I couldn't recollect what I planted there might be ...**drum rolls**... BLANKET FLOWERS.
No, no, they are not my favorite flowers (shhh.. I didn't just say that) but the very fact that with all the sowing indoors,transplanting and babying them of last summer might have yielded something has me all happy :)
I am not even certain that they are THE ones. But suddenly I remembered that I did experiment with some of these plants last season. Then I looked up online (thank you, Google) and the plant do look like the one's in my yard. Will have to take pictures and post for my Gardenstew friends to identify during daytime (why do I get wiser at night?)
Now my fingers are crossed that these little ones do survive the remainder of the winter months and prove me right.These joins my 'watch list' of Hollyhocks,Lilies,Tulips and Geraniums.
Who else is ready for spring?

Here are the pictures :
http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t9/tinaK_bucket/My%20watch%20list%20of%2009/