We did get out on the boat finally Friday afternoon. We took it for a relatively short sail, but had a nice time in the 80+ degree weather. I was wearing a bikini top and jeans.
Saturday, we did some errands, running around getting another bird feeder (the birds around our house are little piggies) and 40 pounds of birdseed. I also bought some African violets to replace the ones that I pretty much intentionally killed off a while ago. They needed to be transplanted and I didn’t feel like buying additional, larger violet pots for them. Combine that with unintentionally forgetting to water them, and nature took its course. I had really wanted to take cuttings from the parent plants and start new ones, but this works, too.
My seedlings are coming up quite nicely, for the most part. The tomato seedlings are quite vigorous (which I have found in the past), with each little pot yielding at least one seedling. The green onions aren’t doing too badly, either, though they didn’t germinate quite as nicely. But, the regular onions only germinated with a 30% or so success rate. I had problems with them when I direct-sowed them into the ground last year, as well. Not sure what’s up with that. Next up, it’s time to work on germinating some lavender seedlings. I want to create a border along the driveway of all lavender at some point, so I have to start somewhere!
No stitching progress this weekend. I was back to feeling tired a lot, which just isn’t conducive to working with specialty stitches. Every time I went to work on it, I looked at which band I was on and was turned off. I’m halfway through the Italian cross stitch and because I’m using a dense evenweave (Monaco, I think), the stitch won’t pull the fabric at all. So, it ends up just looking like a cross stitch. I think that has me a bit bummed out. I need to finish this band and move on so that I can feel better about what I’m working on.
Well, that’s it for me for today. Hopefully, I will have some stitching progress to share in the near future, if I don’t go home and sleep every evening this week!
I’ve never tried growing lavender from seed. Is it difficult? I have a couple of small potted plants of it I bought from the nursery that I need to get in the ground. I really want to have a decent harvest for drying this autumn.
Sounds like you’ve really been ‘making hay while the sun shines’ – good for you!! 😀
If I am not enjoying a band on a sampler, I skip it and come back to it later.
Your gardening makes me feel quite jealous, we do not garden, I would love a salad garden. Little tomatoes – yum!
Congrats on the garden. Mine is swimming along quite happily. In no time I should have zucchinis. I think Dh has managed to destroy his tomatoes (I don’t know how, as they’re so easy to grow and we’ve never had trouble with them before).
My lime tree is blooming a second time already! And it still has enough limes on it to make *real* margaritas 20x over when the little limes get to be ripe!
Do tell about the lavender – I’ve tried growing from seed and haven’t managed it. I also tried to grow some store bought and killed it. I should have the perfect climate for it, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.
I’m familiar with that “have to start somewhere” gardening feeling. I’m experiencing the same thing right now. I did onions and leeks from seed indoors and transplanted. They’re scraggly at the moment, but they look like they’ll live. Good luck with your garden projects– I hope you’ll keep us posted with some pictures.