I got power back at around 1 am last last after been out for over 15 hours! As far as I can tell our neighborhood was the only one without power. We had to go out for a hot dinner so drove around a bit.

The gas furnace doesn't work without electricity and everything else is electric so we put clean warn clothes on and went to bed. I was still cold, but it got down to 18 last night outside so the house got cold.

I bet the fish in my aquariums will all be sick in a day or two. Oh well. At least the wind died down. I'll offload my indoor semp pics and put them in the general thread.

I am so happy to hear that your power is back.
A few years ago we had the same thing happen. It was in the teens and we were without power for two days. Luckily we could get a little heat from the gas cook stove. Our heat is gas, but it won't work without electricity.
Are you getting toasty warm now?

Can hardly believe that about 6 seeds have germinated outside in the pot where I sowed the Semp seeds **last month***.

Had read that they like cold stratification, so gave them a try.

When they are bigger I'll get a photo.

Janice I can hardly wait to see your babies. This is very exciting. I gathered a bunch of seed from Semps and Jovis last fall, all mixed together. I should sow some on a nursery flat and see what happens.

Lynn, right now they are teeny little microscopic green shoots with 2 minscule leaves.... hoping they aren't something else left by a bird or seeds blown in...

Yes! give some a try in the cold ....

We had quite a downpour then cold overnight and wondered if the little seedling sprouts were still standing and they are still ok, the brave little fellows. This winter sowing works so very well! I will get some pics soon.

Aren't they such tough little characters and so cute. All rolled into one little plant.
I can't wait to see the baby photos.

Here are the little fellows...but who knows they may not survive.

I will have to thin them and try to move some to other pots.

I was not expecting so much germination so I sowed them too thickly.

A rather nice surprise!

These were sowed outside in a pot in January.

Just look at them. How sweet. It will be so much fun watching them grow up.

These were planted outside in a pot in January.

Some now are exhibiting the third leaf(first true), getting that semp fuzz, and changing shapes...




PS That is a dime in the photo. Flash overexposed it.

Janice I can't tell you how exciting it is to see those little fuzzy babies.
Was it seed you saved or bought?

Lynn, I am so happy you are excited as I am!

The seed was sent to me by a friend in Nottingham, England, who purchased it. The package said mixed varieties.

I surface sowed it in a Cactus mix.

Lynn, how are your seedlings doing? Would love to see them growing!!

When it quits snowing and raining, I'll go out and take some photos of them. It is just a few scattered here and there amongst the semps. I left the seed heads from last fall.

The seedlings today.
They all look alike, so may turn out to be one variety, although the seed envelope said a variety.

The will start looking different from each other once they mature. They are looking really nice Janice.

Awww, they're so cute!

You are so right, Lynn! (ALWAYS!!! )

The babies are changing quite rapidly now, and some are showing signs of red color changes in the centers and differentiating themselves from each other.

Janice I am so excited about seeing them mature.

Yes, Lynn, but today I went out and some were kind of 'messed up"...bet the birds are picking at them, so I put some garden ornaments on little stakes in the pot...let us hope!

What these poor little seedlings have to endure!