Chatter and I waded through the mud to work in the greenhouse earlier this week. We moved our pepper seedlings to larger containers so they’d have more room to spread their roots.
Since the nights are still chilly I brought them back into the house and the grow lights. I swear they’ve grown a little since we moved them into their new homes.
The cabbage are a little father along than the peppers. I’ve been setting them outside anytime I catch the sun shining. Since we were working in the greenhouse I decided to move them out there. Even though the nights are still chilly the greenhouse will offer enough protection for them since cabbage don’t mind a little cold.
While we were in the greenhouse we tried starting plants in milk jugs for the first time. It’s like making a mini-greenhouse. There’s ton of information online if you’d like to look into this method further.
Unfortunately our recent bank work took out our herb bed.
The machine needed to get into that area of the yard for several reasons and I said I’d rather sacrifice my herb bed to get the other work done. I bet a few things will rise from the muck but just in case we’ll make sure to either plant our favorites or pick up some starts.
Chatter started some chamomile and I started lemon balm, rosemary, and a few flowers.
We both have a touch of spring fever so working in the greenhouse was really good for us.
Last night’s video: Working in the Greenhouse, Experimental Planting, & Telling Stories.
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I know we are all, are ready for Spring I know I am. My youngest grandson is home school so one I his projects was planting a Mango. So we’re going to see how that works out. We did everything we was suppose to do . He was so excited. I told him if this grows he can tell his children he grew his own Mango tree at the age of 10 yrs old. Later on we’re gonna try planting pecans and seeing if we can grow those. I want my own pecans tree.
Exciting plants are now growing in your green house! Y’all are going to have a great garden this year!
I don’t grow a garden but I’m definitely ready for spring! It’s supposed to hit almost 70 today here in Waynesville and I’m loving it. I’m a bit worried about the bug situation this yr though since we’ve had a fairly warmer winter. Our house is surrounded by trees and we always have spiders allover this place and I’m terrified of them. Won’t be long till I have to break out the ortho home defense and spray my house down to try to keep them at bay. Good luck with all your planting!
we have plug in’s by Bell & Howell to repel all kind of pests! you can find them at wal-mart or your local lowes, menards or home depot! they are safe around animals and they do work!
I’m also getting ‘itchy feet’ to get out in the garden, sadly it’s still -35 Celsius here (-31F), so it will be awhile until I can get into the garden. I loved your video with all the new little shoots coming up, something for me to look forward too! There’s something so rewarding when you start to see those tiny seeds grow into a plant that will someday feed several families. God is good!
Thank you Tipper, I do so enjoy all your stories and videos!
Good for you and Chatter! Hope your garden out-does all previous records this year. Those pepper plants look really fine. I see you have written on the cups what each one is. Do you make holes in the bottom of the cups or do you just know how not to overwater?
Ron-yes we put holes in the bottom of the cups 🙂
I’ve been using the clear bins for my sprouts in paper cups. It works a treat too and the bins are easy to move. I’m sorry about the herb bed getting ruint but sometimes we have to compromise and make trades. Everyone around here has bulldozers at their places to do some earth working. It sure has disrupted the quiet.
The day you start working with hands in dirt outside in your greenhouse must be so inspiring. It really gets me going, planning, dreaming, busy. I snipped off 8 (6″ long) stems from my rosemary making sure I got some beginning to get woody and that had green tips. Then pulled off all the leaves to half way up. I stuck them in my collection of old clear glass salt shakers with water right up to where the remaining leaves were touching the water and waited making sure to top them with water every time it dropped. Within days, there were some beginning of roots – little white bumps on the stem. Then in a week, there were 2″ root runners and now it has been 3 weeks and they are fully rooted. I’m potting these tiny plants to go outside and look pretty, grow strong, then and give or sell to others. Plants are amazing!!!
I have watched all of your gardening videos & just love that you & Corie do this together–all of you work together. My oldest daughter & I share a love of gardening but we are much more into flowers but she does grow some herbs & peppers of different kinds. I am from the southern part of NC so I’m sure my gardening differs from yours a bit. I have tiny flowers coming up & forsythia showing their pretty yellow froth. I have also watched your canning videos & I so wish I had known how simple it is to do. My mother was a good Mom but she didn’t share much as far as cooking & things like that. If I had asked she would have showed me I’m sure but at the time I’m thinking of I had 3 baby girls & not much time to do anything except run after them. 🙂 I might just try making strawberry jam this year. It is so wonderful & beats anything you can buy off the store shelf. Thank you for your wonderful stories & the lore that you share with us. God Bless you & your happy family.
In the spring, my Kentucky grandmother harvested tender poke shots to mix with a cooking of kale, spinach, watercress and wild greens of mustard and lamb’s quarter . Is this a regional dish?
I haven’t started my peppers yet, but will in a few weeks. They can be a tough one to get going. Last year I put a sheet over my rack that I use to start my plants to help keep the heat in from the grow lights and it really made a difference in the pepper plants. I think every seed sprouted and I had way too many plants, so I gave some away and planted others in different locations in our yard. I plan on doing the same thing again this year.
Yesterday I planted carrot seeds and 3 different types of peas in the garden. I hope they grow, but it could be too early for them. I’ll be planting lettuce, spinach and radishes about the middle of March. Spring fever is upon us here and by the looks of the weather, we may have a early spring here.
Tipper, when I think of what word I might use to describe you, it may very well be exciting because you’re always doing something good or interesting! May I say those tiny peppers are very healthy and beautiful even at their tiny size. God is amazing and I don’t have to look far to see it. Tiny things are exactly as the big things in every way (only tiny.) Sometimes my old mind still gets blown before 8 o’clock and I hope that never changes! I am so sick of rain and a sick white sky, I can’t begin to tell you……mad? I passed that about 10 years ago.
I watched every second and it was awesome seeing how you guys did it. I have been growing rosemary for a while and just before I cut it back, I strip the leaves, dry the out, crush them and keep them with my herbs in my pantry for use through the year. I do like to use them when preparing port chops as well. I am not sure about the milk jugs though, at first I thought she was going to just tape the top to the bottom to open it on occasion, but she taped them all the way around. I am sure it will work fine and I am gonna try it myself. Aren’t we excited to see the ‘true’ leaves, I know I am. Give all a hello and know that God is Blessing.
I love seeing seeds sprout, it is a wonderful thing to have a plant come to life from a seed. I can remember when I was really young being allowed to have my very own little garden. I was given radish seeds to plant after they sprouted I dug them up probably every day to see if I had a radish yet. I was so proud when the first one was ready to eat
After a lifetime of gardening, one of the most spectacular sights to me is still seeing little pepper seedlings peeping up through the soil. They are difficult to sprout, and they seem to take a long time to grow. When I used to grow them indoors, it was such a relief to finally be able to quit all the repotting and carrying to get them set out in the garden. It always seemed, in my neck of the woods, they were just doing really well when the first frost was upon us. It certainly gives you an appreciation of the work and effort that goes into the food we eat no matter where it comes from. Proud of our old sayings such as “Waste not, want not.” It is a special treat in the summer to follow along with your garden, then watch the many ways you prepare the food and preserve it for the winter. There is just something really special about the entire process, and the joy it brings to our lives. The Lord sure was a master planner.