Posts tagged with "seedlings":

Left to Right: Similar views of the garden in June, July, and August. Since transplanting the first little seedlings in May, my northern California vegetable garden has undergone quite a transformation. The growing season started late because of plentiful spring rain, and was followed by a series of heatwaves through July. Most of August has been socked in practically every morning and evening with coastal fog, which has significantly slowed the growth rate of all of the veggies. These past few days...

Mary started these seedlings of Gaura The Bride in wet paper towels on the top of a refrigerator in our office on April 6 as a germ test, and they'd already sprouted enough to transplant into cell packs on April 14, just eight days later. We kept the seedlings in a sunny, southwest-facing window where they have been very happy. Here are a few progress photos: Gaura seedlings on May 1 Gaura seedlings on May 24 Today, the gaura seedlings look like this: Over the next week, two of our employees will be...