I transplanted some things this weekend.  The first batch were tomatoes, a variety called Black Vernissage.  They appear very strong and are ahead of the seedlings started sooner, but moved to the cold frame after transplanting.

You can find seeds at http://www.rareseeds.com/black-vernissage-tomato/

I also transplanted a bunch of lettuce seedlings–this one Red Deer Tongue.

The seeds were from Renee’s and can be purchased here:  https://www.reneesgarden.com/products/lettuce-red-deer-tongue.  Almost every seed germinated, but they weren’t showing much red color yet–hopefully, that will come with age.

The last big batch of seedlings were dianthus starts from seeds I harvested from plants Leon had put in the patio pots last year.  There were probably 50 of these seedlings.  I put 36 of them in six-packs, two to a cell, and put the rest in larger pots.  These may not be as brilliant as their hybrid parent, but they are growing very strongly and I can’t wait to see what the flowers look like.  The parents looked like this:

The sages and snapdragons needed to be potted on, as well, so I moved them to larger pots in the greenhouse.  The salvias are a Salvia coccinea mix–I don’t recall which one.  The snapdragons were a dwarf double pot-type, but I don’t specifically remember which one!  It will be fun when they get to blooming size and remind me what I ordered.

Another task accomplished this weekend was to go through all of my seeds and put the direct sow and the ones I’ve given up on into a plastic container.  I mixed in some sand and spread the mix around the garden by the fence in the orchard bed.  There were shirley poppies, bachelor buttons, wallflowers and many others.  I am hopeful that some of them get a foothold.  We certainly had enough rain today for them to get off to a good start!

My plan to turn the parking strip into a gorgeous flower border moved forward yesterday when I ordered a bunch of perennial seeds to get started in May.  I ordered from Swallowtail Garden Seeds, a company I’ve not used before.

Here are the seeds I ordered–photos are from their website.

YARROW SEEDS, NOBLESSA50 ea.
YARROW SEEDS, SUMMER PASTELS50 ea.
YARROW SEEDS, SUMMER BERRIES50 ea.
WALL ROCKCRESS SEEDS, SNOWFIX50 ea.
VERBENA SEEDS, POLARIS50 ea.
VERBENA SEEDS, PURPLE TOP500 ea.
SANTA BARBARA DAISY SEEDS50 ea.
SALVIA SEEDS, BLUE CLOUD25 ea.
ROCK CRESS SEEDS, CASCADE MIX100 ea.
PRUNELLA SEEDS, FREELANDER BLUE25 ea.
POPPY SEEDS, PIZZICATO ORIENTAL100 ea.
PENSTEMON SEEDS, RONDO50 ea.
PENSTEMON SEEDS, SUNBURST COLOURS30 ea.
NEPETA SEEDS, BLUE CARPET50 ea.
NEPETA SEEDS, SELECT BLUE30 ea.
NEPETA SEEDS, GREEK CATNIP250 ea.
LYCHNIS SEEDS, OCCULATA ROSE CAMPION50 ea.
LUPINE SEEDS, MINARETTE DWARF MIX50 ea.
LUPINE SEEDS, TUTTI FRUTTI20 ea.
GOAT’S BEARD, NOBLE SPIRIT DWARF50 ea.
GEUM SEEDS, BLAZING SUNSET10 ea.
DIANTHUS SEEDS, ARCTIC FIRE50 ea.
CORAL BELLS SEEDS, FIREFLY500 ea.
CHAENORHINUM SEEDS, BLUE DREAMS50 ea.
CALAMINTHA SEEDS, MARVELETTE BLUE25 ea.
ECHINACEA SEEDS, CONEFLOWER MIX25 ea.
ECHINACEA SEEDS, PRAIRIE SPLENDOR30 ea.
COLUMBINE SEEDS, DRAGONFLY HYBRIDS DWARF100 ea.
COLUMBINE SEEDS, BIEDERMEIER MIX100 ea.
AGASTACHE SEEDS, BOLERO20 ea.
AGASTACHE SEEDS, APACHE SUNSET ORGANIC20 ea.