m e o e sn i7 *vvâ€"â€"â€"m Oc tm‘ ies e hi ts 1 o0 t 1 dn i. . t wb t it c ns Have you sewn you seeds yet? Now‘s the time he weather break is one way to foreâ€" I tell the coming of spring. It occurs shortly before the lack of space in the basement and green house becomes apparâ€" ent as the seeds germinate and need room to grow. Last week, I sowed 30 Geranium seeds from Thompson and Morgan‘s World‘s Top Mix Collection. These require a temperature of 70°F to germinate which takes 3â€"21 days depending on the temperaâ€" ture fluctuations. I sowed the seeds in vermiculite in recyâ€" cled polystyrene cups. The cups were watered and the vermiculite allowed to drain through the hole in the bottom of the cup. The surface was roughened with the tip of a pencil, the seeds sown and pressed in lightly with a finger. The cup was put in a plastic sandwich bag and the end zipped up. Six cups of five seeds of different varieties were placed in a clear plastic cake containâ€" er. This in turn was put in a cardboard box which went on top of the heating duct in the basement. Pieces of cardboard were placed between the beams at each side of the duct. This was all done to reduce the temperature variations when the furnace cycled off and on. After four days, one cup had four seeds growing and two others had one each. Meanwhile, peony seeds were sprouting in § ASIMKINS the refrigerator and being transplanted into a cedar bark mulch in four pack plastic conâ€" tainers and placed in the greenhouse. Out in the garden, the yucca and varieâ€" gated euonymus are bright spots in the snow. The rhododendrons look sad with their folded leaves; the foliage on the mahoâ€" nia looks dark green and has not burned so far. I may cover them with a landscape cloth over four poles to keep them from the wind and sun during March. My male holly has badly frozen leaves which are blackening and most likely will fall off. If I am lucky, the tree may be alive and grow some new leaves. 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