When I woke up this morning at 7 am, it was completely light out! Such a relief! And hopefully this past week is the last polar lobe we'll have to go through.
The world is in a dark time, but there are still joyful parts, and maybe it's more important now than ever to embrace them.
I've started some seeds: salvia and pentas. The red Summer Jewels sprang right up and already have a set of true leaves. The various blue salvias are proving to be very slow germinaters in comparison, but there are some coming up.
Pentas are so funny --I have never in my life seen a tinier seedling. They are just microscopic for quite a while. I'm actually leaving them on the heating pad to see if they will grow a bit faster in warm soil. Last year they had hardly any growth by the time I had to get them in the garden.
I have zinnias, sunflowers, and tomatoes to start in March. Last spring the chipmunks ate all the sunflowers I seeded outside, so this year I'm starting them inside, and then caging them outside until the critters find them unappealing.
Rob is slowly regaining some strength, and his PSA is holding steady at under one. For now, the hormone treatment is doing its job, and we go in to check numbers every three months.
