After a leisurely breakfast of oatmeal and raisins with lots of cinnamon (yummy!), I headed down to the basement to check on my seedlings.The little pots are drier than than
the larger ones as expected. Then, I noticed that the beets didn't look too happy: they where spindly and flopped on their sides. (This reminds me of Michael when he was a kid- he flopped around when he was throwing a tantrum as well. But, I'm digressing...) So, then, I had to transplant them to 3" pots....To date: the Roma tomatoes are the tallest - almost 5" tall. For comparison, the bottom picture shows the cherry tomatoes on the right . The rest are just lagging behind because they are not as
close to the light source as the Roma tomatoes. Note the aluminum foil "awning" I've added behind the plants to reflect the light.Three hours later, I was still in my PJs. (I just quickly put my coveralls on over it!) Bob had been to & from Hamilton to buy a part for his model airplane from the hobby shop, then went out again to find out about his CPU's prognosis which he took in to the computer hospital yesterday.
Ahhh, see? when it's raining out, there's no rush to go out anywhere. There's no shortage of fun things to do around here: indoor gardening is just one of them.
4 comments:
Vae, the plant pictures look great! By the way, I've had an order of gardening gloves arrive and there are six with your name on them. They come in exciting colours like pink, purple, green, teal, mango, and... and... I can't remember the last one! On another note, I've started a blog of my very own. The subject matter? My teeth! Check it out: http://missingenamel.blogspot.com
Julia, thanks for the gloves. Now every time I wear a different color I think of you!
Hi mum,
your poor beets! Maybe "The Wilt" from last year's tomatoes got them.
We bought a rubber plant and a snake plant last week. Hopefully I can keep them alive longer than anything else. Heh.
also... Michael flopping? Never... hahaha. Well only if I was screaming, right?
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