Sugar Ann. Early, but too short!
Sugar Daddy and ?? on the way.
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I didn’t do a winter garden this year, save for a box of Little Gem lettuce that was finished this week.
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Ooooo! Flawless! Was that grown outside?
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Yep, in an Earthbox.
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A few updates. Finally no rain today, must have been raining for about 2 months.
Rosemary in bloom
Rhubarb is early this year, there was a week very warm in late January and another week in February.
Two flower buds with this rhubarb?!
Cabbage Cabus Express, cauliflower Snow Crown with some strawberries climbing everywhere.
Red cabbage Buscaro
Lettuce
Arugula
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Finally rain today! It hasn’t rained in a month!
Planting peppers in my Aerogarden seed starter. Hope it’s not too late.
Looking at your healthy rosemary plant makes me realize that my rosemary plant has never bloomed. 
I only get to keep it outside and get more day-around sunshine in the late spring and summer months, so maybe that’s the reason. I’ve grown this thing for about 3 years now, so I would think it would reach a stage to bloom at some point.
I planted a few shishito peppers seeds this weekend, so I’m keeping my eye on these babies. Hopefully the seeds are still good.
It varies from variety to variety. My upright rosemary is blooming generously right now, but the other one I have has just a few blossoms.
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May I ask what happened to your plant in autumn and winter?
Mine was outdoor all year round in a pot. Late autumn and winter, there was only cloudy or rainy days. Did you add fertilizer in spring and summer? I think my first rosemary, I kept it in a small pot, it didn’t seem to flower nor particularly happy.
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Once it hits consistently cold weather in the autumn (mid-Fall / October time frame), I have to bring the plants inside. Temperatures easily fall to 4-10C (40-50F) during overnight hours, and even during the days. It will have to stay indoors until about May, when our temperatures start to break about 15C (60F) more regularly and the chance of snow is finally gone.
I do have mine in a small pot, so I wonder if it need a bigger pot for more room for its roots. I also don’t use fertilizer, but it’s something I should consider. Once indoors, they only get sunlight maybe for about 3-4 hrs in the morning, so that may be an issue too.
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I think you should let it outside, if your plant is old enough with woody stems. Plants have difficulty to adjust to indoor conditions and back to outdoor. The only plant I bring indoors are orchids, ficus and some succulents. Winter here this year, for example is around 4-10C (40-50F). My rosemary stays alive even after snowing and frost (5ºF / -15ºC) two years ago (Although another one died with snow, so it depends on plants). I don’t know the necessary conditions to make rosemary to have blossoms, but I saw in the heart of winter, they were growing buds already, I suspect cold is one of the element.
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I have seen them in pots, but find it hard to imagine can thrive in one for long. They grow naturally in pretty tough conditions, at least by houseplant standards. Mine have been in the ground in N. Cal with little to no care, and are the size of a not-so-small child.
Here are soon to be Black Jack figs
…and Blenheim apricots
Well, maybe not soon.
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Mine grows in pot. (Actually, all my plants are.) I think it must be about 6 - 7 years old. It shares the pot with a thyme and another herb, it “killed” the other plant, pushes the thyme aside, lol.
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SF Bay Area, zone 9b.
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Bell peppers are the last holdout. Sungold and black krim tomatoes are now in the mix.
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Just recieved lots of seeds in t hff e mail. Can’t believe I ordered more. Oh well. Good to have in the event of the end of the world.
At least you can be self sufficient. I just sowed the tomato seeds… 2 days ago.
Your seedlings remind me to sow herbs tomorrow.
They are nature’s Post-it note.
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