Thin

I thinned the Black Cherry and Paul Robeson tomato seedlings this afternoon. Clipping all but one down per cell always makes me a little sad. What if I am not choosing the best seedling to live?  But there are plenty thriving now, so there should be many good ones to choose from when they are ready to re-home.

I did buy one Pink Berkeley Tie Dye tomato seedling that is several weeks farther along from Native Nurseries.  I believe their current tomato stock came from Holly Hill Farms.  There were many other varieties to choose from, including Stupice, Cosmonaut Volkov, Jaunne Flamme (I have my own seedlings coming up), etc.  I'm trying not to buy any others yet as I want to keep at least 2-3 of my own seedlings.

Also at Native Nurseries, I found another scented geranium in stock, Citrosa (it has a citrus/citronella scent. Internet sources claim it does not repel mosquitoes like a Citronella plant though.  I also found a Lemon Balm and a true Peppermint.  Later into spring, I'd still also like to get a Thai basil, Thai mint, parsley, Italian basil (whatever I can find), and chives.

The cauliflower seems to be bolting instead of producing a nice head.  It has been a short, warm winter.  It's supposed to rain a bit tomorrow, so later in the week, I'm hoping to cut down and clean out the broccoli and cauliflower.  There's actually a single, small broccoli plant in the raised bed that's trying to head, so I'll probably leave that alone for now.  I'll probably eat the small collards I've got this week, too. The cabbage is probably fine to leave to grow for now.  It's going to get a bit cooler again after the rain, but warm back up again next week.

The onions are the star of the garden. The new ones I planted recently are up and growing like crazy!  At least that's something.