Mid-February, so the amaryllis bulbs in the basement were showing green to having actual flower stalks! Up they come from the basement, the Christmas lights around the picture window come down, and now spring is starting in my window.
Three big pots of geraniums also had nice green leaves and shoots, so they were brought up, the dry stuff cleaned off them, watered, and now they are rejoicing in the sunshine too. They will go out to be be in the pot garden in May or June.Took some cuttings to root, also. With an early start like this, the plants will bush out and begin to bloom so much sooner.
This year money may be scarce for store bought, so it is nice to have flowers coming along, and propagating plants is fun. In a couple of weeks the slowest growing veggies get started from seed.
Tucked away in the back of a refrigerator drawer are the potato sets from last year's harvest; in March they will be brought out to chit prior to planting in May, again to get a timing jump on the growing season. Have to use the 'tricks' of all these years of growing things to outwit the Alaska climate. I've been gardening since I was five; 69 years!
What are you starting?
Three big pots of geraniums also had nice green leaves and shoots, so they were brought up, the dry stuff cleaned off them, watered, and now they are rejoicing in the sunshine too. They will go out to be be in the pot garden in May or June.Took some cuttings to root, also. With an early start like this, the plants will bush out and begin to bloom so much sooner.
This year money may be scarce for store bought, so it is nice to have flowers coming along, and propagating plants is fun. In a couple of weeks the slowest growing veggies get started from seed.
Tucked away in the back of a refrigerator drawer are the potato sets from last year's harvest; in March they will be brought out to chit prior to planting in May, again to get a timing jump on the growing season. Have to use the 'tricks' of all these years of growing things to outwit the Alaska climate. I've been gardening since I was five; 69 years!
What are you starting?