Throwing Out the First Tomato.

4-16-13 SHORT HILLS: It was sunny this AM, but has become overcast and might rain. Nick and Gus seem slightly more accepting of Maizie, slightly.

I started the tomatoes today, using a mix of peat moss and potting soil. I put four or five seeds in each of 24 cups. There are eight each of Sun Gold, an orange grape tomato that worked well last year, Red Pearl, a red grape not used before, and New Girl, a full-size red, early ripening variety.

New blooms: saucer magnolia, bloodroot, marsh marigold, dandelion, bleeding heart.


Saucer Magnolia just starting.

Bloodroot has a short lived flower, but the interesting leaves are open all season.

Marsh marigold is another yellow spring flower that disappears shortly after the blooms are done.

Tomato seeds started in a mix of peat moss and potting soil today for Memorial Day in VT.