Seedling Update

The upstairs seedling room has been through several iterations since my last post. A lot of the cold-hardy seedlings have been spending time outside hardening off.

Salad greens, pansies, Johnny jump-ups, leeks, sweet peas and stock flowers.
Some have been moved outside to the cold frame and hoop house that D built for me. I'm putting in more lasagna beds (no fun to put down the newspapers on a windy day, but we wanted to get it done).

Some of the wintersown seedlings in jugs are starting to come up. This is spinach.

Cleome and alyssym.

Stock.

The asters I planted in January.

Salad greens moved from the front window to the garden, and herbs moved in.

Newspaper pots in the upstairs seedling room.

Genovese, spicy globe and opal purple basil. The basil has really taken off in its heated beds.
 
Japanese eggplant just sprouting. The peppers and tomatoes are still waiting.

Gorgeous mesclun. Botanical Interests Valentine Mesclun, one of my favorites.

Although I promised I wouldn't, I started a little colony of seedlings in the basement.

Impatiens, phlox and rainbow coleus.

Old Friends

Old friends are the best friends. I am so lucky to have three of my best high school friends living close. Earlier this month, M and T came over for our second annual seed-trading lunch. I forgot to take pictures of the grownups, but these are M's kids. R was just getting over the flu and a really high fever--she looks a little the worse for wear.And then the next weekend, our high school friend S visited from New Mexico, and we got together at our house with T and our other high school friend J, this time for dinner.

R practiced her cursive on the place cards. A lot of embarrassing old stories were unearthed and repeated.

Lucky to be friends with these three for twenty-plus years.

Charlie had a lovely evening, he thought everyone came to see him.