The Jewel Box Garden, Thomas Hobbs second book, is everything I hoped it would be. After reading his first book, Shocking Beauty I just added this book to the stack in my arms when I saw it on the shelf yesterday at the library. The prose is opinionated, which I like. The photos are colourful and inspiring.
The book did it’s job, get me excited about the impending gardening season, so much so I transplanted all the Portulaca seedlings from the grow op in the basement into their permanent containers. I put all the Geranium cuttings which did very nicely in the grow op/nursery into their permanent containers as well.
I did the transplanting on the deck. Despite all the snow it was warm enough to be outside wearing only a polertec jacket. I had to dig around in the pots exposing all the dried up soil so it could get evenly soaked with water before settling my tender plants into their summer lodgings. Next on the gardening agenda I’m planting marigolds, Cosmos and Daisy seeds to give them a head start. The rest of the seeds I’m saving to direct plant in the garden.
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