More seed

The soil was warm (although it's still only 58F in here with no direct sunlight!) and I planted some more seed. Basil, Swan River daisy, field poppies and Oriental poppies, a few more chives, a square of the 'heritage cherry' tomatoes I bought from a stall last summer specifically so that I could save the seed (although they did taste good), and a square of what will I am afraid be known in perpetuity as the 'towel-tomatoes', despite the fact that the other seed was also saved on a towel; I have no other name for them! This is how plants acquire bizarre-seeming nomenclature.

I think I may have rediscovered the 'missing' yellow poppy plant... in the pot I used to sow the dill seed in :-p
At any rate, something is shooting vigorously from ground level, and the foliage looks plausible.
( strawberries and snails )

To my surprise, both the pink Swan River daisy and the mesembryanthemum seed that I sowed indoors a few days ago seems to be germinating already ( Read more... )