4/7/2013

Yesterday, we planted some more flats of bedding plants.  I did find that handling the tiny seeds with a pair of plain old tweezers made it easier for me to hang on to them and get them in those little disks:

11 jalapeno pepper

13 nasturtiums

12 sweet banana peppers

18 bell peppers

18 Marconi peppers

24 pansies

24 petunias

He spent his birthday yesterday at the farmer's market in Ava with one of our granddaughters.  They had a good time.  He sold all the Rhode Island Red hens but couldn't even give the rooster away.  He sold one of the Kiko-cross does, but brought the other one back home with him.  He also bought 5 big California/New Zealand cross rabbits for $3 apiece.  They are young rabbits but they're already good sized.

He potted up 3 big hanging pots of philodendrons day before yesterday, and put up a hanger above each bedroom window.  We'll probably put the third pot out in the greenhouse, as he and his sis put the shade cloth on today.  This morning, we also trimmed back the ice plant pretty hard and he worked up a basket that should look very nice when it starts growing in there.  

At this time, he is just putting the last screws on the plant rail that he hung out on the front porch for hanging baskets of flowers and veggies.  It looks great already, and the baskets will be just the right height for me to be able to water them from in the porch.  It's been a busy few days.