Stuck in the basement...

16 years ago

We're getting our roof done today, and my four month old (and cats) are none too happy with the noise. We'd expected this, and when I thought they were coming last week, I made sure I had the car.

Well.. the best laid plans....

It rained every day I took the car, and today of course no car, and the weather is perfect for roofing. So we're all down here enjoying our never used 'rec room'.

The little guy is asleep, and I can't believe I'm saying this.. but I got kinda bored! *Laughs*

So I started digging around. I found some plastic glasses that were never used, and a box of sandwich bags I bought way back when. *Grins* And that box of old seeds.

This is what I sowed:

((Please forgive mispellings...))

Angelica

Delfs

Purple Painted Daisy

White Cosmos

Gerbera Daisy

Spaghetti Squash

White Musk Mallow

Bell Peppers

Giant Imperial Stock

Pink Hibiscus

Gailardia

Lavender Cosmos

Zinnia

Chevril

Phlox 'David'

Obedience Plant

Night Scented Stock

White Balloon Flower

Morning Glory Tree ** (Never heard of this!)

Globe Amaranth

Globe Centaria

'Irish Eyes' Rubekia

Coreopsis Grandiflora

Four O'clocks Fushia

Aster

Weeping Pea Tree

Coreopsis Moon Beam

Calendula

Purple Erignon

Orange Cosmos

Malva Maunitura (?)

Purple allium

Dianthus Caryophyll

Gailardia Goblin

Most of these seeds are over 4 years old. But the containers of seeds I have out already are showing signs of life, so I'm just going to sow and hope for the best.

And after all that.. the little one is still sleeping!

Sort by:Oldest

Comments (7)

kterlep
16 years ago
4 years old is NO problem unless you were keeping them in bad conditions. :) sounds cool!
bev2009
16 years ago
Talk about 'making hay while the sun shines' - great job! Your garden will look beautiful.
Related Professionals
McAllen Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers · Orange County Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers · New Orleans Landscape Contractors · Greenville Landscape Contractors · Charleston Landscape Contractors · Saint Marys Landscape Contractors · Westerly Landscape Contractors · Burlington Landscape Contractors · Fort Collins Landscape Contractors · Sterling Landscape Contractors · Dothan Cabinets & Cabinetry · Pine Bluff Cabinets & Cabinetry · Raleigh Cabinets & Cabinetry · Oklahoma City Cabinets & Cabinetry · London Cabinets & Cabinetry
Pamchesbay
16 years ago
That's an amazing number of plants/seeds to sow in an afternoon. Great use of the unexpected gift of time!
tiffy_z5_6_can
16 years ago
Sounds like you took a great opportunity and made something even better out of it. When they all start growing in the gardens, they'll make you think back on this day with a smile!
greylady_gardener
16 years ago
Well didz!! How long did that little guy sleep. Wow! You seem to have planted more at one time than I have done altogether so far. I had better get moving. :)
didzgarden
Original Author
16 years ago
The little guy is a great little garden helper. He slept a total of two hours yesterday. Just enough time to use up all my soil and plastic glasses. When the last cup was labelled, and the last bit of soil cleaned off the freezer (my go to garden bench.. *Grins*) He just started to wake up.

I'm teaching him early, hoping he'll like to help me when he gets bigger.

He dutifully peers into containers when I point them out to him. Though I'm pretty sure he doesn't see the sprouts, he starts giggling when we do the happy dance. *Grins*

He'll settle for the back of a seed packet for 'story time' in a pinch. And he'll help me pick out what to sow next by volume of drool when he's awake in his 'bumbo chair' on the freezer with me.

And he's even been happy to give me an hour in his stroller out in the yard, while I assemble the new lasagna bed. Which I'm going to be very glad for if all of these sprout!

Our house isn't all that clean, I'll admit. But I don't think he's going care about pictures of dirty dishes. But when I have a picture of his first garden.. I think he'll be happy with it. *Beams*

Thanks for letting me share! And thank you Trudi for helping me make memories with my little guy!
karendee
16 years ago
how great! I have my kids help me plant seedlings out. My 10 year old was awesome at it last year. He would bring me something and ask where I want it planted. He was so helpful! I am counting on him this year also!

Karen