Things are looking up in the garden....finally!

Finally things are starting to warm up a bit and I was able to do more outdoor gardening.  My seedlings had gotten so big in the house, that even thought it might not be as warm as the plants like, I had to stick a few in the ground.  So far so good, they are holding there own.  I am also hardening off a few in the green house.

My planter radishes are almost ready to eat.

Coleus cuttings from last October, they got huge!

Hardening off the tomatoes

One of the overwintered geraniums

My helper, Rudy

Peas

Beets

Zucchini

Herbs

Hope everybody is enjoying there gardens too!



UPDATE ON THE SODA BOTTLE SPROUTS

I want to thank everyone who enjoyed my soda bottle terrariums and for all the great comments.  I want to update everyone on how the little seedlings are doing after 2 weeks.

These are the tomato sprouts, I replanted them after 2 weeks of being in the bottle

Dill sprouts.  I already have more seeds in the bottles since these came up so good

lastly, cilantro

Also, the geraniums I overwintered in the paper bags are growing great, this is how big they are after two weeks!

The weather has turned cold here, I'm thinking winter and spring had there seasons mixed up, but I guess we wait patiently and keep gardening in the House!  Happy Gardening everyone!





GERANIUMS

Geraniums are a pretty easy plant to save from year to year and all the methods I have tried all worked.  The method I like the best is the paper bag one, which consists of cutting back each plant, dig out, put the plant in a paper bag and roll the bag down.  As easy as can be, and all you need to do is soak the roots in water once a month and re bag it.

There are little flowers on the stems

I also experimented with leaving two pots of geraniums intact, the only thing I did was cut them short and these I water once a month too and keep a paper bag covering them in a dark corner of the basement.



The plants do have growth on them, in the pots and in the bags.  There are actual  flowers on the stems each month when I take them out to soak, not sure if that's good or not. but this is an experiment after all so I'm sure Ill find out.