Here's a mistake I've made twice now. Although I tried to make it not be a mistake this year. I started a whole tray of marigold seeds in April. I will confess that I tend to be not very good at dealing with seeds started indoors. I forget about them just long enough so they die. But this year I did it all right. At the beginning of June, I had 49 healthy little plants.
The idea is that after the daffodils die back that are along the curve of the front bed, there will be something colorful to fill in. Yeah. How much color do you see here? There are a few spots of orange. I showed you the best looking one yesterday, but it's not a raging success for the amount of work.
Today, I counted 19 plants that I could still find alive. About 6 are blooming. Of course, more of them probably will, but it's getting late in the season. One conclusion is that if I want marigolds to look nice by August, I need to start them in March. Another conclusion might be that I should forget marigolds and try something else.
Coleus would look good there, in a variety of colors, but I need to NOT spend money on annuals. Coleus can be re-started over the winter, but see problem mentioned above with my care of indoor plants that need fussing over.
I'll have to think more about this space for next year.
Meanwhile, I spent a whole hour cutting up veggies this morning so I can try this cabbage salad. The recipe picture has it all packed in glass jars so it's pretty, but I only had a couple of empty wide mouth jars, so a lot of it went in refrigerator plastic. That keeps it just as well, and there are two jars that look nice to show you.
Had a huge serving for my supper. It is yummy. Very yummy. Yummy enough to spend an hour making it? Maybe. This should last me most of the week, so it's good meal investment.
I did most of the usual things, although I did start on a fairly significant sorting and cleaning job that I want to get done in the next 10 days.
 | See Annual Mistakes - Part 1 |
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