Alright, it's cold again. Y'all up there need to quit letting those cold front wander down this far south, because we are really not equipped to handle it. Hibiscus and lemon grass are back in the greenhouse, after being out yesterday for some warm rain. Beds are covered again, although even with being covered the basil died anyway. I still have a nice bell pepper on each of the two plants, so that bed gets the old comforter. We gathered up all the eggs we could find outside, since it is forecast to get down to 28-30F and possible hard freeze (more than 4 hours below freezing). Just not enough old blankets to cover the citrus trees, so here's hoping they do alright. The Persian lime is dead down to its root stock, Lynn told me, so at some point will dig up the root stock unless I find someone who can graft.
I have sprouts now! Both varieties of tomato - with a much better sprout rate in the Mortgage Lifter than the Old German. Some of the Top Seven turnips are up, and last time I peeked into the pepper tray I saw jalapeno and pasilla sprouts. That tray has a good bit of condensation in it. Yesterday I planted two more trays: broccoli and spinach in one, and the other dedicated to Swiss chard.
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| chard tray, six varieties |
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| broccoli and spinach tray |
Now, about those hibiscus: one bloomed yesterday, and the other budded enough we could see the color, so I have one red and one yellow red-leafed hibiscus.
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| hibiscus and lemongrass out for some rain |
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| red hibiscus flower |
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| yellow hibiscus bud |
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