pepperhead212's 2025 garden

[pepperhead212]

I wanted to put in some of those greens today, but it was too windy, so instead, I put in those scallions, that I started from seeds - the usual Evergreen Bunching Onion, and a new one (to me), White Lisbon. The Lisbon didn't germinate nearly as well, only getting 23 sprouts with about the same amount of seeds in the same type of pot - one of those containers I get 8 oz of mushrooms in. From the Evergreen Bunching Onions I got over 70, though the sprouts are mostly smaller. I just poked holes about 2" on both sides of one of the drip lines, about 3" apart, and dropped the sprouts into them, them squeezed the soil around them. Don't know how long they take to grow, but I have a lot of others, from fall planting, and some onion sets, I planted about a month ago.
Scallions doing great in first row, the second row is from onion sets, planted about a month ago. 4-13 by pepperhead212, on Flickr

The garlic is doing great, due to the rain, as well as the shallots, finally taking off. And you can't imagine those garlic chives! The alliums have all benefited from the rain, and not bothered by the cold I've been having.
Garlic doing great, with all this rain I've been getting. 4-13 by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Dutch Red Shallots, starting to get some growth on them. 4-13 by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Regular chives, 4-13 by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Some of those garlic chives, behind the shed. 4-13 by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Volunteer flower, that popped up in my garlic chive patch. 4-13 by pepperhead212, on Flickr

More peppers sprouting today, but I waited until this evening to transplant, as they weren't very tall yet.

[JayneR13]

That volunteer could be a lily. It's lovely, whatever the variety name!

[pepperhead212]

I got a lot done today! Starting last night, when I soaked some okra and cucumber seeds, then today I put them on a layer of damp paper towels, in a petri dish, for each variety - 3 okra and 5 cucumbers. The Little Lucy okra has several seeds already that are sprouting! Later, I took all 4 of my indoor plants out to put on the deck, as every day in the extended forecast is well above average, and only one day has a low below 50, and it's only 48°, so the curry tree won't be bothered. After that, I set up my irrigation system, with the times all set up, but that was all, as it has been so wet here, not much watering is needed yet. Supposed to rain again overnight, and rained very briefly around 5 pm, but not much.