2021 February
February Plan: First half – Cold stratify in ziplocks Joe Pye, Rudbeckia, Heliopsis, Milkweeds and BW, and Coneflower Start shallots in a small pot. Second half - Start parsley (dark/soak 24hr) around 21st. Reality: 2/9 – Put began the cold stratification process in ziplocks and in condiment containers with a bit of dirt for Joe Pye, Rudbeckia, Heliopsis, Coneflower, Common Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed, Orange Butterfly Weed, Yellow Butterfly Weed. 2/12 – Ate my first Patricia radish! 2/12 – Started soaking 15 Halloween Blend Radish 2/15 – Radish up, by 2/19 eight were up. 2/20 – Winter sowed Joe Pye, Rudbeckia, Heliopsis, Liatris, Common Milkweed, Swamp (Red) Milkweed, Yellow Butterfly Weed, 2 Orange Butterfly Weed, Silky Aster, PowWow Coneflower, Green Coneflower, and Yellow Coneflower. It took 16 quarts of potting soil to fill 13 jugs. I used Vermiculite to cover seeds. I labeled each with a wooden stick inside an...