More Seeds

And now I'm thinking about the other seeds I'll be buying for next year.  Of course I want a TON of Zinnias.  I think I want to try some of the shorter, single flower Zinnias in front of the big tall ones.  And I'll do the same thing with the sidewalk bed, I'll do red and yellow in there and do one kind of big tall ones and a set of the 12-18 inch ones.

And of course I want some Sunflowers.  I'm pretty disappointed in the Elf ones, actually.  They are really small, and I get like a few days before they look terrible.  It's a total waste of that window box.  I'll need to put something else in there pretty soon.  I guess I could do them again, because they are kind of cute, but I then need to follow it with something else.  But I will get a lot of other sunflowers.  I like the "Elegance" kind, which are like 3 feet tall.  If I get a ton of them, I can fill out the center of the sidewalk bed and hopefully out compete some of the weeds.

I'll also get Basil and Cilantro, but I think those are the only herbs I want to grow from seed.  I might need more lettuce seed, but I think as far as all the other vegetables go, I'm pretty much set.  I have way more than I need.

The Nasturtiums that I have this summer are terrible.  There are so few flowers, and they're so sad and ugly.  I remember some that I had last year and I thought they were great.  I'll do some kind of Nasturtium again, but not these stupid pink things.

I will definitely do the standard Morning Glory again.  I'll start it a little early, in the containers, inside.

And I can start thinking about vegetables to grow in the fall.  I'm going to try another round of Radicchio and Kale, I guess.  Of the 6 Radicchio that I had, 5 either bolted or got attacked by those gross things. Actually, the 6th one should probably come up.  There's a big space now, and I would put Swiss Chard in there, except mine are just not growing at all.  They're under the lights, they're not dead, but they just don't grow.  I don't know what's wrong.  Maybe the soil?  Maybe I'll feed it some worm tea.

So if I start these in like August, or maybe July, they can go outside as soon as it's not too hot.  Maybe I'll start them now.  I've got a ton of compost.  They could go outside in mid to late August, right?