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This weekend I finally got all the seeds that need cold stratification started–about 35 different species. Once they germinate, I’ll be transferring most of them to cell packs, since I have tons of them from a mistaken purchase years ago and since each flat can hold 72 cells instead of 50 peat pellets. Starting this [...] I’ve now got jasmine tobacco (Nicotiana alata/affinis), three varieties of wild tobacco (Nicotiana rustica)–Mt. Pima, Isleta, and Domingo–and Nicandra (physalodes) Splash of Cream in the ground in my front yard. They are lining the driveway and make me feel good to look at them. I am anticipating summer, when their flowers of the tobacco plants [...] It was forecast to be unseasonably hot Saturday, 85F/30C, and indeed, it got there. I had planned to do a bunch of garden work, like raking up the beds again after tilling, but the sun was too intense. Instead, I put stuff in the ground–three chamomiles, an angelica, a variegated Solomon’s seal (one day later [...] |
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