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Has anyone grown Korean Dark Green peppers? The seeds were from @bakercreekseeds and 2 of the 3 plants have some variegation but far as I know they aren't supposed to be variegated but this is my first time growing them. 🤔 Have you grown them?

We were falling behind when things were blooming last year. But we got a heat wave over the weekend that got us caught up. Last two days we’ve had highs in the 80s which is very unusual for Western Washington this time of year. This pulmonaria is one of many flowers that just opened up from the heat wave. Just love the foliage on this shade loving plant and it’s deer and rabbit resistant!

The bees are filling up their boxes fast this year and this nice weather has them bringing in nectar earlier than usual. No one seems to know what they’re foraging on since big leaf maple isn’t quite in bloom yet. I put honey supers on the 2 front yard hives and one of the backyard hives so we’ll see what they bring in this spring. Got a new mated queen from @snohobeeco since the one I split a few weeks ago didn’t appear to raise one themselves. The challenge now is to not let any swarm and hopefully not split any until after maple is done. Splits during a main honey flow reduces the amount they make so I avoid it if possible.

Happy #flowerfriday! The fritillaria (checkered lily) are blooming. Glad I saw them before the slugs got to them all. They had already taken out a few of the blooms. Such a unique flower! 😍 What’s your favorite spring flower?

I’ve been working on a grow tent makeover. @official_marshydro gifted me a TSL 2000 to replace my old blurple Maxsisun to finish it off. You’ll be seeing more of this light in upcoming grow room videos. The unboxing and assembly is up now on my channel. Do you use LED grow lights?

I’ve been working on getting the annuum peppers potted up into larger containers. Only 18 more to go! This variety I got from Timothy Moltrup. He calls it Chloe’s sweet tangerine.

I decided to do an experiment after pruning some of my fig trees. Several of them did not fully lignify for the winter and were still somewhat green. I couldn’t find any info on if these type of cuttings would root so I gave it a try and this white madeira looks very happy so I guess it can be done. I like rooting in these clear cups so I can see the root development to help determine when to pot up into a bigger container. I keep the roots from light by keeping in a solid cup which also allows for bottom watering.

This white seeded samara lettuce is so pretty and is cold hardy too which I learned by mistake. The starts I shared yesterday all spent the night outside and got hit with a low of 26 degrees. Everything was pretty frosty in the morning but everything survived! I’d say they’re ready to go in the ground.

Been working on hardening off the first trays of starts this week and will be having a small plant sale. The summer starts will be available next month. I’ve got lettuces, kales, broccoli, celery, thyme and calendulas in this batch. I still need to get some of these potted up into 3.5” pots. Who wants some?

@maginashun found a cute potting bench at @secondusebuildingmaterials for my grow room! Just finished filling it up and getting ready to pot up some more peppers. Love it!

Look at how beautifully red this anemone is? @haldengarden sent me a great collection of them last year to try out and I get excited for each to bloom because they’re all different. Do you grow anemones?

The greenhouse is now packed full of figs! So many figs! They’ll come out when danger of frost has passed, maybe in a month. Still have 2 to plant in ground. Which ones will they be?

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