The back yard is clear!! Well, not really. I had to take the empty pots out of the way, so it was easier to put the growing ones up against the fence where they’re out of the way until they die back and I can put them away. The side garden is […]
I have to say, I’m really impressed by the blood sorrel this year. Last year, I started them right in the pot I intended to keep them in for the summer, and they didn’t really do anything – never got past the point of the first leaves. (Which are rounder and
Aren’t those just the cutest mutant carrots ever? And I have beets! (And really, beet greens!) I harvested both of these containers because they were really getting in the way of me getting to the tomato pots. Plus, since I’m not the kind of person willing to start my carrot bed
So remember how I snapped off about half of one of my tomato plants while I was getting the cages on, and really wasn’t sure if it would pull though? Well, it’s now the heartier of the two plants, both of which had to go to tier two of the tomato cages today.
A few things from the garden, courtesy of my new camera. I’m already loving the macro function.
I am super impressed with the climbing rose in my garden – after the last two winters, I wasn’t convinced it was going to survive. It’s actually blooming quite nicely now – I think having to clear out all the deadwood was actually good for it. The lilies are also doing great, especially
I finally managed to get everything planted out this weekend. I may have kept the seedlings too long – we’ll have to see how those go, but at least everything’s in its final place for the year now, and we can just see how it goes.
In which I include a single, pathetic image taken from inside my garage because it’s raining cats, dogs and probably a few sheep outside… I did make it out on Friday (took the day off) to buy some herbs: basil, Thai basil, lemon thyme, oregano, chocolate mint, nasturtiums and parsley, as well as a token
I’m in a weird kind of holding pattern with the garden at the moment. One issue is that Memorial Day (one of our planting benchmarks) is on the early side this year, which had not lined up very well with my other benchmark – blooming iris. I actually do have one blooming,
Garden clean up continues. This time, it was the annoying variegated bush in the front yard. Notice how it’s poking through a hole in the shutter? Well, it’s under much better control now. It’s really amazing what a week of 70 degree weather will do. I left for Florida on Sunday.
