garden log 2 - 04/15/25
Apr. 22nd, 2025 03:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shydeerdon't have as much to report today as i was hoping at this time last week -- nothing has changed on my end, though my seedlings are still growing like crazy. i'm waiting til we have the right supplies for me to repot (or retub, depending on the solution we come upon that may involve large outdoor tubs that act about the same as raised beds). i wanna clear space in my germination tray to finally plant those radish seeds too, so i'm getting kind of impatient with these delays.
on a more specific level, my tomatoes are small still but scrappy and a very vibrant green; and my zucchini are so thick and heavy-stemmed that they can no longer stand up straight, and instead let gravity capsize them at the base like toppled mailboxes after a neighbor kid's joyride. i was worried about them but apparently this is normal for zucchini plants? apparently they're okay to stay in the germination tray like this, even. okay, i'll have to trust that, even though it looks like they desperately need fainting couches and smelling salts.
and on a less specific level, this spring has been so late and strange in general that not even our area's usual daffodils and tulips have started blooming yet. i saw some wildflowers while i was out today, which is delightful and certainly promising, but nobody's garden perennials are on time. all this to say, i'm really not sure when i'll be able to move my seedlings outside, at this rate. i kind of work off of the milestones of our area: first the songbirds come back, then the perennials bloom, then the trees bloom, and then it's safe to plant outdoors. we have our songbirds (i saw a very stately robin today) but nothing past that. hmmmmmmmmm.
on a more specific level, my tomatoes are small still but scrappy and a very vibrant green; and my zucchini are so thick and heavy-stemmed that they can no longer stand up straight, and instead let gravity capsize them at the base like toppled mailboxes after a neighbor kid's joyride. i was worried about them but apparently this is normal for zucchini plants? apparently they're okay to stay in the germination tray like this, even. okay, i'll have to trust that, even though it looks like they desperately need fainting couches and smelling salts.
and on a less specific level, this spring has been so late and strange in general that not even our area's usual daffodils and tulips have started blooming yet. i saw some wildflowers while i was out today, which is delightful and certainly promising, but nobody's garden perennials are on time. all this to say, i'm really not sure when i'll be able to move my seedlings outside, at this rate. i kind of work off of the milestones of our area: first the songbirds come back, then the perennials bloom, then the trees bloom, and then it's safe to plant outdoors. we have our songbirds (i saw a very stately robin today) but nothing past that. hmmmmmmmmm.
