The Basement Garden

We got our first real snow of the year last night, and I thought it would be fitting to make a garden entry. There's not much going on outside right now, although everything looks great covered in white powder. There are still a few straggler mum blooms on a few plants. And my Blue Princess holly and barberry are full of berries, while the Blue Prince has little purple buds all over it. I'm hoping these will flower at some point - we'll see!

We now have a small grow lamp setup in the basement. My mother of thyme seedlings are down there and doing quite well, as well as a mint plant Terry gave me that's on its second major spurt of growth. We just got some seeds in from Park Seed including 3 different kinds of peppers, as well as penstemon and gallardia. The last 2 I'll plant in the new year so I can move them outside. The peppers will be planted shortly, and I also harvested some basil and cilantro seeds that I'm going to plant as well. This is definitely a fun project!