Purple Cabbage Seedlings, Carrots and Mustard Greens

I've seen the mustard green seedlings for a few days, but today I noticed the cabbages and carrots are starting to grow.

Here you can see a mustard green seedling and behind it are lots of carrot seedlings.

It's a bit blurry, but here's one of the baby cabbages!

Just for fun, I thought I'd share the pineapple plant I grew from a fruit. I planted this about six months ago, I think.

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Brussels Sprouts and Mustard Greens

On October 18th, I planted Carrot Seeds, Mustard Green Seeds and my Brussels Sprouts in a small plot in my garden. I double-dug a small area and covered it with organic topsoil. I outlined the plot with carrots, then with the mustard greens, and I planted the Brussels sprouts in the center. I heard that mustard greens are good to plant near Brussels sprouts because the pests that attack Brussels sprouts with go for the greens first, so here's to hoping my border of mustard will be a nice barricade for them. I've been trying to garden for a few years now, and I'm so not with it. I don't have pests memorized, and I'm pretty bad at guessing the right time to plant stuff. I should have been keeping a log of when I plant stuff so I can learn from my mistakes, so that's why I'm blogging, in case you stumbled upon this blog. It's really for my own self, but hey, maybe you'll learn from my mistakes too! I do have some eggplants, okra and sweet...

Identifying a Citrus, Growing Herbs, and Apples for Pineapples

Some Sort of Citrus I looked up citrus identification and "winged leaves" and found that what I have growing (from random seed) is probably a grapefruit tree. As you can see, it's it the house, because it has been getting chilly outside. It hasn't been too bad since our one cold day, but the night will drop to about 37 Fahrenheit on Wednesday. I could probably put it back on the porch. Pineapples My pineapple plants are in the house right now. They're still truckin', I suppose. The one in the blue container is at least 18 months old if not older, and I just learned that pineapples should flower around that age. I also learned that I could have had a use for an unused apple that my kids always really want but can never finish... Old apples release a gas called acetylene which can force a bloom. Also if you're interested in the chemistry of ripening fruits, check out, " Fruit Ripening: How Does it Work?" ...

My Neighbor's Gift Bloomed!

I mentioned in a previous post that I had something growing under the fennel that my neighbor had given me before she passed on. She had no clue what it was and asked me to tell her what it was when it grew. It was some kind of bulb, and much to my surprise, today I saw it in full bloom! I kept losing this plant under the fennel. I thought it had died after the winter. I had such a hard time finding the slender leaf blade that originally grew from the bulb, that I thought it was gone. A week ago or so, I noticed the blade a little further to the corner than I was usually looking, so imagine my surprise to see the big pretty purplish face! Thank you, Kelly, for your amazing gift. So, what is it? It's a Zephyranthes or rain lily! They have a tendency to bloom in spring, usually after rain storms, so that's why they are called "rain lilies." :) It's so pretty.

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