one begonia seed has germinated so far using the wet tissue paper method. this will be the most expensive single begonia plant in the world. i'm using a flourescent light presently 24/7. today i'll get some fine grained seed starter soil and try to transplant the skinny little thing. right now i don't want the thing but having brought it into the world feel responsible.
a few weeks ago i tossed some marigold seed into a potting soil mix that i dried and saved in a paper bag from last year's marigolds to see what would happen. one came up and appears really strong (and smart too). it won't be too long before it flowers and i can see what i've got. the parent plants were hybrids so the offspring may be variable but i only had one type of marigold in my garden. i'll soon see.
my real garden plan for this year is gold marigolds and scarlet zinnias in my four foot long window boxes for my porch perimeter to have some rabbit protection. and lillies in front of the porch. last year two lily plants were not touched by critters. they looked great.
yesterday was the first day i tested the garden soil. because of the cold, i lasted about two minutes but i found the soil can be worked. i'll put in the lily bulbs on the next non-freezing day and hope the critters won't find them.
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this sounds so great even on my $10 speakers.
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