Kate

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Two seedling trays filled with broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, kale, and peppers on a black outdoor table.

It's 65 °F and sunny out today 😍

Giving my plant babies some sun 🌱

How lucky!!

Thank you for the tips!! Do you scarify and/or stratify them as well??

Also, why wait until they are almost root bound to move them?

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5 week old celery 🌱

These will be going outside tomorrow to start hardening off!

#vegetablegarden

I will thanks!

Getting caught in a snow storm is so stressful 😭 I hate driving in it but everyone here acts like it's no big deal!

Thanks!! 🤞🤞

It is! The flowers are so unique and beautiful

It's moist sand!

It's so frustrating!

Oh wow!! Glad your power is back on!

You'll be missed, Soren! Stay safe, friend.

Cries in Upstate NY 😭. We have lots of snow still! We had a snowstorm a few days ago lol

I can't wait for all the snow to finally melt. I'm hoping to see grass this week 😅

Passionflower seeds cold stratifying in moist sand inside a plastic sandwich baggy. The baggy is dated December 30.

This is my second attempt at growing passionflower from seed (Passiflora incarnata). None of the seeds germinated last year.

This year I scarified the seeds and cold stratified them in the fridge.

Now I'm going to put them on a heat mat and hope for the best 🤞🌱

#nativeplants

I transplanted the cabbage and broccoli seedlings into bigger soil blocks. I'm going to move them outside next week to start hardening off 🌱

My beds still have about 6 inches of snow on them but it's supposed to be in the 60s this week 🎉

#vegetablegarden

Oh interesting! I don't know much about it outside of my general studies. I will have to do some research!

I've never used it, but from what I read it's very drying and anti-inflammatory.

I've seen a lot of tincture blends with it for coughs and congestion. It's also used in blends with marshmallow and corn silk for UTIs.

Wow they move in fast!

Yes and they run a tight ship! They don't seem to mind the eagles too much but they do not allow hawks to get too comfy lol

Oh thanks! It does look like a red shouldered hawk!

A hawk sitting on a bare tree branch. Out of frame are about a dozen smaller birds and crows circling the tree.

I'm terrible at bird ID - I think this is a Coopers Hawk?

The crows are not happy about this visitor.

#nature
#birds

Thank you!

They attract so many butterflies, bees, and birds. Goldfinches love them.

What variety of calendula is that?? It's sooo pretty!

A red poppy growing in a wild flower garden along a wooden privacy fence.

A bee on an echinacea flower in a flower garden filled with other echinacea flowers. Bee balm flowers are growing in the background.

Poppies and echinacea

Oh wow, I guess so!