It certainly doesn\u2019t feel like January right now\u2013temperatures in the sixties and blue skies.\u00a0 Warm and dry, more like summer than we have in June in Seattle some years!\u00a0 Hard to imagine all the cold and snow in the East, when all is so calm and cozy here!<\/p>\n
Yesterday morning I planted four more types of seeds in six packs in the greenhouse.\u00a0 For seed starting, I\u2019m using about\u00a02\/5 Black Gold seed starting mix,\u00a02\/5 Fox Farm organic potting mix and 1\/5 coarse sand.<\/p>\n
Myosotis arvensis<\/a>\u2013I\u2019ve always loved forget-me-nots, and the Field Forget-me-Not promises to aggressively fill in blank spaces\u2013just the type of plant that might survive and spread some color around the garden and create some self-sown surprises.<\/p>\n Lathyrus hardy species mixed\u2013I\u2019ve never met a lathyrus I didn\u2019t love, and this mix is said to include:<\/p>\n Lathyrus aureus<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lathyrus\u00a0chloranthus<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lathyrus laxiflorus\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lathyrus\u00a0latifolius<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lathyrus pubescens<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lathyrus\u00a0rotundifolius<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lathyrus\u00a0tingitanus\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a>Lathyrus\u00a0tuberosus<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lathyrus vernus<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Note:\u00a0 I did not soak these seeds prior to sowing, but am hoping that by sowing them in good, moist compost in a cool greenhouse, that natural stratification will get them to germinate.\u00a0 I may order another packet of these seeds from Plant World to start in late spring if these don\u2019t germinate well.<\/p>\n Campanula Cottage Mix<\/a>\u2013another mixed\u00a0packet which I\u2019m hoping will get me some plants that I\u2019ve never grown before, and in some quantity.\u00a0 The packet was loaded with seed, and I didn\u2019t plant them all\u2013I\u2019ll save some for late spring.\u00a0 Plant World says this includes all of their upright types from their catalog and a few rarities that they don\u2019t have quantities enough to list separately.<\/p>\n Sweet Peas<\/a>\u2013I plan to train sweet peas on the same trellises that my berries grow on to attract pollinators and give me something to\u00a0distract me from my bad habit of picking the berries too early!<\/p>\n The wallflowers transplanted last weekend have transitioned well\u2013they look pretty happy in their\u00a0greenhouse within a greenhouse.\u00a0 I was tempted to move them outside, but I\u00a0reminded myself that it is JANUARY\u2013it could freeze or snow any time and\u00a0even tough wallflower seedlings couldn\u2019t handle that!<\/p>\n While inspecting the yard and garden over the weekend, I saw that the Hellebores are doing well and either blooming or near to bloom.\u00a0 The warm days have really moved this process along.\u00a0 We have a big, tall forsythia near the driveway and its buds are swelling\u2013should start to bloom in two weeks, given all this warm weather.\u00a0 The winter hazel <\/a>next to it is significantly behind, but then it always is\u2013it extends the brilliant yellow early show.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It certainly doesn\u2019t feel like January right now\u2013temperatures in the sixties and blue skies.\u00a0 Warm and dry, more like summer than we have in June in Seattle some years!\u00a0 Hard to imagine all the cold and snow in the East, when all is so calm and cozy here! Yesterday morning I planted four more types … Continue reading More Seeds Planted and What’s Blooming<\/span>