All 17 Nasturtium seedlings are above ground and growing measurable millimetres daily. I’m thrilled to report a 100% germination rate with all the credit going to West Coast Seeds, who never let me down.
Archive for June, 2007
Up, up and away
Posted in Diary on June 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Sun seeker
Posted in Animals on June 29, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Canis lupus familiaris ‘Alba Westie’
Common name: Piper
This is the only nonplant species — which often occupies the prime spot — in my balcony garden.
Eight days earlier….
Posted in Diary on June 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
….on June 20th, I planted Jewel Mix and Glorious Gleam Nasturtium seeds (from West Coast Seeds) outdoors in individual pots on my south-facing balcony. This time, I did not disturb them although I did peer very closely at the soil surface at least 4 times every day, searching for the first signs of tiny green [...]
Only one day past their due date…
Posted in Diary on June 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
…six baby nasturtium seedlings are poking up their heads from their soil beds. Hurray. The second seed sowing session was successful. Now I am inspired to blog again.
I can understand the seedlings’ reluctance to emerge, though. We’ve had very little sunshine or warmth.
Next to Dr. Linda Gilkeson’s Seedy Solstice talk on year-round gardening, the birth [...]
I want to hug Treehugger…
Posted in Sustainability on June 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
….for publishing How to Green your Gardening, a collection of tips and previous Treehugger posts. It will take a couple of evenings for me to read all the tips and follow all the links but after I do, I’ll share the best ones for balcony, patio and roof-top gardeners, in other words, those of us [...]
Talking ’bout the weather
Posted in Diary on June 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I garden in zone 8 in British Columbia but without a calendar to remind me of the date, I would guess today was March 18th rather than June 18th. I’m having a hard time getting motivated to sow the second batch of nasturtium seeds. Oh well, no point in waiting for a hot, sunny day. [...]
Longing for a little plot to call my own…
Posted in Rural longings on June 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I wonder if many other balcony or roof-top gardeners dream of a future day when they will be able to cultivate ground-level, connected-to-the-earth gardens. Until that time, I will satisfy my longing by visiting my blogging friends’ gardens in the sidebar.
Motivation to keep trying to grow nasturtiums from seed
Posted in Recipes on June 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Besides competing with my mom to see who has the best germination stats by the end of the growing season (I’m currently 0 for 12), I want to make pretty, delicious Nasturtium Salad from this video recipe blog, Food Wishes.
Urban gardening
Posted in Sustainability, Urban agriculture on June 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting post today on The Daily Dirt Blog: the sustainable urban farm….on a barge!
Diary entry: 13 June 2007
Posted in Diary on June 13, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The nasturtiums aren’t up yet. I think I did at least four things that doomed germination:
1) planted seeds too deep
2) watered too much at start
3) did not water enough on the few hot days earlier this month
4) peeked at and prodded seeds when they had not come up after one week
Sigh. I will try again. [...]
