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Can I WS any annuals yet?
Comments (5)Lynda, Thanks for your reply. I sowed Dwarf Candytuft, and forget-me-nots during the wee hours.(after my 4 hrs. of sleep) Today I splurged and bought the Foil tape and couldn't believe how much it speeds up the process vs duct tape to hold jugs/liter bottles together. Yesterday, I also bought another paint pen..saw where somebody had used a blue paint pen and it showed up so much better than the black ink. I was able to find a fine point too; different brand. The other one had run dry and the tip had spread out. That black paint pen is going into the trash today. Decided to just use the paint pen to write on my mini-blind label first, let it dry completely, put it inside the container before I added the potting mix. Once there is a little bit of potting mix into the container, the mini-blind ID label will stand on its own while you finish filling with the soil. I will check the frozen MG this morning and see if anymore of it has thawed out. If not, I will lift the frozen soil into a heavy weight plastic bag and bring it inside the house to thaw, sitting that bag on a piece of plastic so it won't soil any carpet. Also decided to try cutting my jugs with a pr. of scissors, making the first cut with box cutter. Much easier. Amazing how things begin to click when one begins to feel more confident!...See MoreAny one started their seeds yet?
Comments (19)I'm trying an indoor garden so time of the year isn't as big of a problem for me. I started both hot peppers and tomatoes, some in December, some in early January, and some seeds I planted just yesterday. Hot Peppers: Poblano Ranchero, Fooled You Jalapeno and Numex Big Jim were all started in late December/early January and are growing slowly compared to my tomatoes. I'm sure that's normal since my tomatoes are growing like weeds. I knocked my Jalapeno seedling onto the floor (about 3 ft.). If I had more room I'd start another but I doubt I'll have enough room as it is. I'd hate to have to throw something away. Yesterday I started a mystery variety that changes from cream or purple to orange then red. I received it in a trade. It's supposedly very hot. Tomatoes: Heidi is already between 11-12", Peasant is almost as tall. Silvery Fir Tree and Martino's Roma are around 6" and need transplanting today. Czech's Bush is close behind them. Grushovka is a weakling and since I don't have room for everything it may have to go, one way or another. And I planted New Big Dwarf yesterday. I'm looking forward to seeing how all these do under lights. I'm using flourescents above the plants and compact flourescents on the sides. So far so good during the vegetative stage. Getting hot peppers and tomatoes from them will be the challenging part of this experiment. Jeff...See MoreFennel's out of control: any cats yet?
Comments (12)I just went out and counted 43 cats on my fennel. I let all of my fennel go to seed last fall, and I have lots of little fennel plants with cats all over. Fennel is a great underused culinary herb. All parts of the plant can be used, i.e. leaves, stems, seeds and bulb. It has a mild anise flavor that is good in lots of recipes. It can be substituted in recipes that call for French tarragon. It is good in beef, pork, chicken, and seafood. You can add some to a salad for a nice surprise flavor. The bulb can be thinly sliced and sautéed in a little olive oil with a little balsamic vinegar poured on top. A while back I wrote the following about fennel. There are only three basic fennels and all are said to be self seeders. Foeniculum vulgare is often referred to as common fennel, sweet fennel or wild fennel, zones 4-10. It is a tall (H 6' S 18") biennial or perennial plant with yellow flowers (umbels) which are produced during summer and then the flowers are followed by grey-brown seeds (fennel seeds used in cooking and for planting). It is not reliably hardy in climates that have cold, damp winters. Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum often referred to as Florence fennel, bulb fennel, sweet fennel or finocchio, zones 5-9, is a smaller fennel (H 2' S 18") and is considered the bulb fennel because it is said to have the best flavor used for cooking. It is generally grown as a "half-hardy annual". Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum' or Foeniculum vulgare 'Rubrum', depending on which book you are using, zones 4-9, is a biennial or perennial plant known as bronze fennel (H 4'-5' S 18") and is known to "come true from seed". All three like well-drained soil and full sun with partial sun during the afternoons in hot climates. All fennels self seed freely in most soils. Just let the plant go to seed, i.e. small, dull yellow flowers followed by grey-brown seeds, and when the temperature is right, you should start to see new baby plants coming up all around the mother plant. All parts of the plants can be used in cooking. NOTE: Dill and fennel will cross pollinate. According to the Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses by Deni Bown, page 386, she states the following: . . .when some herbs, including Marjorams and Lavenders, are grown near each other, the chances of hybridization are high. Closely related genera may also interbreed if they are grown together and flower at the same time; dill and fennel are known to cross, resulting in plants that are indeterminate in flavor. We found this to be true in our Master Gardener demonstration gardens here in Rockport. Also all of the fennels are host plants for striped green, black and yellow swallowtail caterpillars which become swallowtail butterflies....See MoreYet another kitchen lighting plan review request
Comments (19)I never even thought of an up-light fixture. That could certainly add a nice ambiance when task lights aren't needed. I will play with that idea. Thanks! Yeah, I figured you didn't notice the window issue, lol. I was thinking about mid-point between wall and edge of counter and tried to center my little circles to show that. 10" from counter makes sense, too. I've never heard an exact placement so I was guessing. It seems that so many lighting plans I look at have the light fixture half on the counter and half off into the aisle and this makes no sense to me as your head would be blocking the light. We are going with the flush mounts as we have a weird ceiling issue. We have a false ceiling of of 1/4" plywood, then 4" gap, then another ceiling of 3/4" plywood. Directly above that is the attic which has about 15" of loose insulation in it that has never been disturbed. We don't wish to disturb it now. My DH says it will be a lot easier to cut holes in the false ceiling and then pull/fish the wires up the wall (breaker box is in the garage below) than to have to cut through the 3/4" plywood and line up both holes correctly in both ceilings. Makes sense to me. I think the flush mounts look fine and really don't drop down much more than the decorative edge for the can lights. I have also read that they tend to have greater coverage as the light is lower than the ceiling and shines out from the rounded edge of the light, where it meets up with the rim, instead of being more recessed and, thus, a bit shaded on the edge. Not sure if that's accurate or not but it makes sense to me, too. Do you know anything about the flush-mount LEDs that I should be concerned about? Thanks again for your help....See MoreRelated Professionals
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