Greenhouse and Seeds

3rd of Feb

Quite cold today but the sun was shining in the afternoon just long enough for me to go and tidy up the Greenhouse , its was nearly 60 in the Greenhouse so okay for working in .Not sure how many Fucshia have survived over the winter .
I started off some Rudbeckia seeds this afternoon ( Prairie Sun ) , grew them in 2006 and they were really nice , think there were roughly 20 seeds in the pkt which will just be fine for along the back of the fence . I want the border really bright hot colours this year .
6th of Feb
Lovely sunny day
I bought bulbs out of Poundland a couple of weeks ago and left them hanging in a bag in the kitchen , big mistake !! the heat of the kitchen had started them growing , I took them out to the Greenhouse today and put them into polystyrene disposable cups ive covered them really well with compost so im hoping the cold Greenhouse will slow down the growth without killing them .
I got a bit of tidying up done in the back and front garden , looks so much better , the ground is so wet .

February 2007

FEBRUARY

2/2/07
Started off Salvia seeds , they came through quickly , got 19 of them , got them in a mixed pkt from poundland
6/2/07
Started off Pansy seeds
8/2/07
Started off Herbs , Basil , Thyme , Chives and Mediterranean Herbs
9/2/07
Started off Godetia and Snapdragon seeds

11/2/07
Started off Alyssum seeds

14/2/07
Its a beautiful sunny day , quite mild .
All the above seeds have germinated and are growing well , really struggling for room now , going to have to heat the Greenhouse soon and get them all out . Started off Spinach in the Greenhouse today .

16/2/07
Heating Greenhouse as from today
Its been a nice day , got loads done , potted up all the cuttings that I took earlier in the year , only lost a couple so im well chuffed ,also transfered Salvia seedlings into a bigger tray , got 19 of them . put them all out in the Grennhouse and im starting to heat it as from today .
Started off Christines Mums tomato plants and im soaking sweetpeas over night .( Floral Tribute ) made up newspaper pots and sowed the sweetpeas in them next day , so I can just put them straight into the ground , paper will just decompose .
So far I have 53 Fushia , 22 Geranium Aristo , 26 geraniums , 21 from a seed pkt 5 from last years plants

18/2/07
Very cold last night
Real hard frost last night , lost my 4 Aubergine plants , thats what I get for being so keen and starting things off early ! I knew I should have waited another couple of weeks so I was able to keep things in the house longer , ive started off more Aubergine seeds this afternoon , I have the heater in the Greenhouse up a little higher tonight and covered the plants with newspaper to see if it helps keep the cold from them a little better
Tidied up the garden a bit , and had a go at making a flower box from old fence boards , it was okay for a first attempt .

25/2/07
Lots of rain showers today but in between them its been really sunny and very warm in the greenhouse , havent had to heat it today at all , I started off 2 hanging baskets with ivy cuttings , I want then to be really long by the time they have to go out , also transplanted little seedlings into bigger trays , 80 Godetia and 43 Blue Infinity .