Saturday, 16-Apr-11

South Forty

• The burnt orchid is still there just below the birches; ditto the common early purple below the potager (although I'm wondering if this is another variety).
• The possible forsythia (loto plant) planted yesterday in the NE corner (just below where I planted horseradish last year--no sign of this yet) looks fine.

Potager

• Fraises de bois in the potager are doing fine; some fruits beginning!
• Packet of ciboule blanche seeds (ciboule blanche, Allium schoenoprasum L.) said it had 250. Not. Virgo Kaye counted 146. Planted 3 rows next to the fraises de bois. Pooh. These were supposed to be green onions, but now I think they're chives. Boo. Should be, I think Allium fistulosum aka Welsh onion (oh?).
• Planted in pots seeds for regular courgettes and round courgettes.
• Many jalapeño seeds are up; none of "ancho" chiles, which should be poblano. No chilepetins showing their heads.
• Discovered Germinance had not yet delivered seeds I want to pot now. :-(

Yard

• Lilies of the valley blooming.
• Lawn around flowering cherry is pink with petals.
• Orchis ustulata still there, very small.

Pots

• Put mystery shrub from loto into a proper pot.
• Put lavender from loto into a proper pot.