Thursday, April 25, 2024

April 25 Seedling Tomato Update

Wow ..... actually up to date on my blog!

anyhoo, here are the tomato transplants today ....... they have spent the last three days outside during the day ...... today is cold and very wet, so decided to keep them inside

and a close up look at the Lilly's ......
and top view


April 17 and 18 More Spring Walks

 









April 17 "R" Garden

 tulips are finally in full bloom ...... fragrant peony flowering:  Sun Lover and Yellow Pomponette


the garlic stalks are starting to thicken ...... I imagine they are enjoying the mushroom manure

one very small shoot spotted by one dahlia stake ...... 


April 15 and 16 Tomato Seedling Transplant

 more than half way through ...... 

a scoop each of Fraser Valley starter mix, vermiculite, ProMix starter mix and two scoops of ProMix organic veggie mix ........ mix well


and finished ...... twenty-three babies!!  only wanted 13 ....... and now fewer gardens to plant in!!



April 13 Neighbourhood Walk

always enjoy Vanier Park ...... such an amazing array of birds gather here ..... spotted today:  Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Canada Goose, Crow, Mallard, Wigeon and Coot with the odd Seagull and Eagle for good measure

not mine, but lovely


Vanier Park crab sculpture ..... been around since the 60s


still trying to id this tree ......




April 13 Tomato Seedling Update

but first ...... from seed collected in Victoria from double orange cosmos ...... stem colour indicates a likely mix of yellow (light stem)  and orange (dark stem)?


didn't make note of every tomato seedling, but the one's I have recorded are .....

Lilly grow outs .... my seed (Lilibet) in the back row ... interesting potato leaf - still segregating or seed mix-up? and in the front two dwarf pink selection T23-68


front row:  Lucky Tiger far left, BrandyFred middle and no germination on Atomic Sunset (didn't note back row this round)

again front row from left .. Midnight Sun, Chupa Chups and Green Krim Cherry F5 (a bit slow to germinate, seed from 2015)

two Crushed Heart far left, one Atomic Sunset middle and two Rose Quartz far right (these were resown on March 26 due to poor germination on March 18)


April 12 Mt. View Cemetery

 some of the best remaining mountain views in the City, here are the Two Sister aka The Lions ....... and yes, more cherry trees