With the sun emerging for a few days
and despite the snow still on the ground and the minus 10
temperatures us northern gardeners are getting that 'spring itch' to
get something growing.
I have recently started 3 or 4 trays of
perennials in our heated growing cabinet constructed of two 4lamp
florescent fixtures stacked and insulated. The ballasts put off more
than enough heat to bring it up to 70f when the lights are on (6am to
9pm) even when the temperature in the cold green house drops to
around freezing. When the sun out and temps rise to 65f or so it will
overheat if I do not open the door up wide!
Meanwhile my daughter reports that she
has 92 variety's of perennials seeded !!! and scores of tomatoes and
peppers, most already up. Think I will wait a bit before starting
mine!
For those interested she would love to
hear from gardeners who have unusual seeds to swap and I have been
already asked to gather seeds from our
woodland flowers for that project. You can visit her newly formed
web site at http://haskinshorticulture.webs.com/
Happy gardening.... is it spring yet?
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