So gloomy. Turned my lights on at 2pm yesterday.
But, I am busy starting seeds. I was in a seed swap, and I got about 150 kinds of seeds! Many of them can be wintersown. I have 29 jugs, most will have 4 kinds of seeds in them. But even figuring out which ones can be winter sown is a lot of work. Yesterday I used "The Deno Method' and started some in plastic baggies, that need either cold moist stratification in my fridge, or warm then cold. I even have a few that want warm, moist and dark. Those are now on top of the fridge under tinfoil.
I am totally out of control, and y'all will be the beneficiaries this spring, as my yard does not need 150 new kinds of plants... I also did just a few autumn cuttings, those are doing fine too.
I have seeds for routine things (Helenium), "iffy" things (mostly for my sister on Camano), slow difficult things(Cyclamen hederifolium) and natives (Madrone tree). I got other trees too, like Redbud and Hamamelis. I also saved seeds from plants in my yard, and will try them. Like Parahebe catarractae 'Miss Wilmott" and Parahebe perfoliata, both do well with neglect (my trademark).
I still have some flowers blooming, can you believe it!
