Mini-greenhouse and a few seedlings

The large tubs of spinach that we buy at H-E-B are useful long after the spinach inside is gone. I’ve use mine to hold seedling pots, which makes it easy to move 6-8 around at one time. They also double nicely as a mini-greenhouse for my peppers with little effort. I poke holes in the four corners of two tubs using a knife, then I put one on top of the other and use binder clips to hold it together. The holes on the bottom let water out, while the holes at the top let out excess heat. The ambient temperature inside gets nice and warm and humid, and it doesn’t take too long to get the soil to the temperature that peppers love. I have been letting the peppers sit inside on a window sill, but it is so nice today, I brought them out.

Small triumphs are nourishment for the soul

It looks like the transplants are starting to take off now after a few days – the broccoli all looks to have survived the deeper planting and their stems appear firm. A little added luck:  the only spinach plant that sprouted, which then got nibbled off by our tubby cat, also looks to have survived. [...]

Morning in the garden

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Macro Monday

           

Macro Monday – a day late

Yeah, that’s how I roll. A day late and a dollar short. At any rate, here are a few macro shots I took of mother nature this past Sunday. The honeybees were really loving the cuphea, with three or four bees feeding at any given time. I managed to catch a few pics of a butterfly as it landed to lap up the sweet alyssum nectar, too.