Welcome The Sun
Category: Garden
Garden Starts
It may be the middle of winter, but gardeners have to think a season or two ahead. January is the time to start seeds indoors for long growing, heat loving veggies such as tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant.
Lil Turnip is helping me scoop potting mix into my starter containers. Gardening with a two year old is fun, but requires a lot of guidance to make sure everything eds up where it’s supposed to.
We planted six varieties of tomatoes, two kinds of peppers, and one giant Iraqi eggplant. I was tired of having to pick 10 eggplants to make a meal. I wanted something hefty where one eggplant is big enough to really make something out of.
And now they are just starting to come up! Sprouts are so exciting! Another month or so and they will be in the ground!
Second Spring
Our Asian pear is totally confused. It dropped all its leaves a couple of weeks ago and I thought that it probably got heat stressed. Turns out it dropped its leaves because it was getting ready to make some new ones. Apparently it thinks that our new milder weather is springtime and it’s leaving and budding out. I hope the new leaves harden off and don’t get snapped back by an early frost. C’est la vie.
Savage Nature
I was just outside watering a few plants in the front and I spotted this lovely large praying mantis chowing down on a squirming honey bee. Nature is savage. Score one for team praying mantis
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Fall Planting Season
It may be 92° out right now, I’m still super excited for Fall. Our long temperate makes it my favorite growing season. Out with the old and in with the new. The shortening days and cooling nights get me so inspired to plant lettuce and greens. Bring on the cruciferous vegetables! The snow peas I planted last week are already starting to come up. I’m so ready for fall. 
Radical Nurturance 