Tonight, Pouncita is taking advantage of a warm woodstove snooze as the weather outside is getting colder and colder. There is snow in parts of Colorado, but here we just seem to be getting the cold and wind. We need moisture, so I hope the situation changes in that directon, but it is not forecasted for us here. I guess I should be a bit more like Pouncita and just take advantage of what comes my way, aye.
This is a double yellow datura plant that has been blooming for some time now in the greenhouse. It grew in this 8″ pot all summer in the back yard, waiting to be planted in the garden, but that never got accomplished. When I brought it into the greenhouse for the winter, thinking I’d plant it in the garden next spring, I had no idea it would bloom so beautifully for so long. It has been quite an eye-catcher.
For the past two days we have begun the huge process of pricking seedlings out of propagation tubs and transplanting them into their own individual plug cell. Once they get well-rooted we will transplant them into larger pots, but this is the first step. Yesterday, Doug and I worked on some of them and later in the day my friend Sadie stopped by and offered to transplant seedlings a while too. It’s wonderful to have the extra help, plus have a visit at the same time. Today, Lizz continued the process while I worked on other tasks. We will be doing this work on-going for weeks now as we steadily work towards building up spring plant inventory.
Oh, before I forget, I will be speaking in Santa Fe this weekend on Saturday at 2pm. I will be speaking at Santa Fe Greenhouses on “Growing Culinary Herbs Indoors and In The Garden”. You can find details on how to buy a ticket for the presentation on the Classes and Events page of this blog, along with location information. I will have a book-signing following my talk. Hope to see you there!
On a final note, please check out Lizz’ new webpage and blog called Postage Stamp Farm. You can find it at postagestampfarm.weebly.com . Lizz is the assitant grower here and my right hand person. She works in the greenhouses, takes care of many of the gardens and occassionally helps me with office stuff and customer service. She is nothing short of amazing and we love her dearly. Anyway, she is an aspiring urban homesteader and doing an amazing job of it on a very small piece of property. Just goes to prove that you can accomplish a huge amount in a small space if you are just mindful of the process. She recently aquired a bunny for fiber so that she can spin her own yarn and use it to knit with. The bunny’s name is Sage and he is really a charming buck.
She and my daughter, M’lissa, have been working hard also on getting the signage ready for the spring farm stand plant sale on our Open Farm Days coming up. M’lissa was nearly cross-eyed by the end of today trying to create signs for all the heritage heirloom food plants and old-fashioned flowers we will have for sale. My hope is that I won’t have worn her out before we get to make signs for some of the other great plants we will have for sale too, but there are a zillion plant varieties and that is a lot of signs! Thank you M’lissa for all that you do here!!! We love you more than we can say.
Guess that is all for tonight. Stay warm as the cold winds blow.
