Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Friday, March 25, 2005
Rain and More Rain
It rained on Wednesday - a lot - records set at Baltimore and National Airport. It didn't rain yesterday, but was overcast and cold most of the day. It rained this morning. More rain is predicted for this afternoon. The weekend forecast includes drizzle on Saturday (the best weather of the weekend) and rain on Sunday, Monday....you get the idea.
So, how about some indoor activities? I potted up a few of the morning glory seedlings that I sowed on March 7. Getting erratic germination on these - something around 50% so far, but I haven't given up on them yet. I thought maybe they would benefit from some bottom heat, so I sat the Bio Dome on the soil heating mat a week or so ago. I was suprised to find rather well-developed roots on some seedlings where the seed leaves hadn't really even opened yet.
But I need something beautiful to look at while waiting for the rain to stop. These are perfect. So are these.
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So interesting that you posted those.
While the kids at church this morning dyed 1000+ Easter eggs, we had the adults doing pysanka. Those eggs, esp. the ones the woman teaching us how to do them brought for display, were something else!
I didn't color any Easter eggs this year, but I made some drag-n-drop cyber-pysanky at:
http://www.scissorcraft.com/jsgames/makeegg/dragndrop.htm
Oop, just found that the cyber-pysanky doesn't work in Firefox. Works fine in Opera, and I assume, Internet Explorer.
Drag-n-drop pysanky--very cool. And yep, it worked well in IE.
Boy, no gardening today (Monday), that's for sure!
I have some Daylilies coming from Oakes this week, so I hope it dries out enough to plant.
BTW, when should I give my daylilies their first feeding of fertilizer?
Gee, I'm the wrong person to ask about fertilizing regimens. I used to be a Miracle-Gro fan, but am recently convinced that if I just work harder on the compost pile, I'll have all the nutrients the plants need.
I don't know Oakes; do they have a web site? My daylily collection is a motley assortment.
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