I LOVE that one and had it grow very, very happily. Great choice, Mrs PDM is a lucky mum of Baby PDM.
There was a recent gardening Australia story behind the scenes at the Perth botanic gardens and they had amazing kangaroo paw varieties under development. I wanted them all. Bright pink ones, blue ones.
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Nice looking KP, weāve got a big green flowered one on the property.
Today I took the Perennial Leek and split it up. From one original plant in a pot we got three thumb sized ones and in excess of fifty little ones.
Spread them from one pot into five pots as Iād run out of dirt. Treated them like onion seedlings and buried them enough to cover the white, theyāll stand up on their own soon enough.
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Crabby. After a nice weekend it has been Ass Cold all week. 40s. Frost coming Friday. I know it is not past our average last frost yet but I am still crabby.
The tomatoes are back in the basement under the grow light, as is the basil which is very puny but doesnāt look unhealthy, really? The plants are just growing very very slowly. Even with the heat mat. Which now is of limited value because the tomatoes are tall and the basil is short and to fit them all under the same growlight without stretching them, I have to set the basil pots on something taller so they are close enough to the light. Hence, the pots are not in actual contact with the heat mat. No room for a second grow light so there really is no solution to this, and it is a problem every time I start seeds. Usually the basil doesnāt grow THIS slowly though.
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Sorry if this has been asked before ā declaring bankruptcy on this chat! What do you guys wear to garden? Yesterday I wore leggings, but it was a bit annoying to not have pockets. I donāt want to get any of my ārealā clothes dirty!
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Old jeans and conference t-shirts here.
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I just started gardening but I usually wear hiking pants that are comfortable to move around in and also have pockets, but sometimes Iāll put tools in a small bucket. Iāve also worn leggings, pajamas, dressesābasically whatever Iām in the mood for that day.
I tend to re-wear my hiking pants several times before I wash them. Iāll wear them to garden and then hang them up in the laundry room (which is also kind of an entryway) so Iām not tracking too much dirt in.
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If itās colder, I wear old jeans plus whatever upper layers I need. I have a jacket that is easily washed and kinda junky anyways, or some lighter weight old sweatshirts or flannels. If warmer, I have old T-shirts and gym shorts to wear. I have knee pads for kneeling down, because most of the places I need to kneel in my garden are either coarse mulch or concrete.
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Jeans or cargo pants. Generally ālast yearā jeans as I rotate in a pair or two every year for work wear (thatās all I wear to work).
If itās warm enough I wear this old pair of faded shitty capri pants that Iāve had forever. I have to be careful though because theyāre big enough to fall off when I bend over (and have no belt loops). They have cargo pockets though!
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What do you want to carry in the pockets ? Depending on what it is, something like a bucket apron might be of benefit? I do that sometimes with weeding tools.
Just my phone, really! An apron is a good idea!
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I have Bluetooth headphones or a speaker depending on whether Iām in the mood for music or a podcast/book so usually I just set my phone down somewhere in the shade within range because I weirdly get less signal interference than if itās in one of my pockets and Iām moving around with my body blocking the signal.
I potter about in whatever Iām wearing. Iāll throw on thick old hiking pants, boots and old long sleeve shirt if doing hard labour or mowingawns.
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I have a bad habit of wrecking clothing because I had a thought about gardening or saw a thing in the garden that needed fixing and doing it right then without remembering to change. Whoops.
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Nothing that I see. Those are just the seed leaves finishing their job. The true leaves look healthy to me.
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Looks like three plants to me, with the second of the true leaves coming through on all three plans.
Done did a thing today, finally got the final posts in for the compost bin out at the property.
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So this is my first time ever having a garden, so Iām very inexperienced. I live in zone 6a and wonāt be able to plant for another week or two. Iāve been growing heirloom tomatoes from seed for a while now, and Iām worried they look a little leggy and arenāt filling out. Should I be worried? Should I plant them in pots for the time being?
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They need more light, or to be closer to the light they have. They will need repotted soon.
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