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the_rckOne of the sage plants that I thought was going to make it died. It was at the back of the raised bed and came back with a few leaves very close to the ground. I think that, if it had been warmer, the plant might have survived even with the neighboring plants blocking the sun. The cold weather combined with the big sage plants nearby just overwhelmed the poor thing. So-- Note to self: Plant purple sage at the *front* of the bed because it won't come back in the spring tall enough to cope with being in the back.
Delia's pre-school gives seedlings as Mother's Day presents (in flower pots painted by the kids). I got a basil seedling. I transplanted it into the small raised bed, with the rue and the ginger. I also took the seeds from last year's gift, a cilantro plant, and scattered them in that bed. Of course, that leaves me with the problem that I don't know which-- if any-- of the things sprouting in there are cilantro. It could all be weeds. I'll wait and see what I recognize. If I ever recognize anything.
Our poppies are blooming. We've also got iris blooming this year. They're a lot happier when I go in and yank out the groundcover around them (last year, I didn't, and we got no flowers. I think we lost some of the bulbs entirely).
The rhubarb also bloomed. I've never seen that before. I actually ended up calling my mother to ask if that was normal. I wasn't sure if it only bloomed because I hadn't harvested any of it. With the cold weather, I didn't want to yank stalks and leaves for fear of damaging the plant's chances of survival. I've not dealt with rhubarb before I got this plant, so I have no idea what it needs. Mom did suggest that harvesting stalks after the plant had bloomed wouldn't be a great idea. She said they'd be very woody at that point. I don't feel a burning need for rhubarb, so I haven't tried it. I may later in the year. Maybe if I pull enough stalks the new growth will be more edible.
We've definitely got moles this year, at least in the front yard. I haven't noticed them in the backyard, but I haven't been out there much. I don't think Scott's noticed yet. He'll be cranky about it, especially since the grass is dying over their tunnels. Delia, on the other hand, will be thrilled. She won't care whether or not she ever sees a mole. She'll just like the fact that more of the yard has dirt loose enough for her to dig. She got new gardening tools for her birthday and has been digging in a little corner of the front yard that died off due to having a bag of dirt or mulch or something on it for too long.
I wonder if our lawn proud neighbors hate us...
Delia's pre-school gives seedlings as Mother's Day presents (in flower pots painted by the kids). I got a basil seedling. I transplanted it into the small raised bed, with the rue and the ginger. I also took the seeds from last year's gift, a cilantro plant, and scattered them in that bed. Of course, that leaves me with the problem that I don't know which-- if any-- of the things sprouting in there are cilantro. It could all be weeds. I'll wait and see what I recognize. If I ever recognize anything.
Our poppies are blooming. We've also got iris blooming this year. They're a lot happier when I go in and yank out the groundcover around them (last year, I didn't, and we got no flowers. I think we lost some of the bulbs entirely).
The rhubarb also bloomed. I've never seen that before. I actually ended up calling my mother to ask if that was normal. I wasn't sure if it only bloomed because I hadn't harvested any of it. With the cold weather, I didn't want to yank stalks and leaves for fear of damaging the plant's chances of survival. I've not dealt with rhubarb before I got this plant, so I have no idea what it needs. Mom did suggest that harvesting stalks after the plant had bloomed wouldn't be a great idea. She said they'd be very woody at that point. I don't feel a burning need for rhubarb, so I haven't tried it. I may later in the year. Maybe if I pull enough stalks the new growth will be more edible.
We've definitely got moles this year, at least in the front yard. I haven't noticed them in the backyard, but I haven't been out there much. I don't think Scott's noticed yet. He'll be cranky about it, especially since the grass is dying over their tunnels. Delia, on the other hand, will be thrilled. She won't care whether or not she ever sees a mole. She'll just like the fact that more of the yard has dirt loose enough for her to dig. She got new gardening tools for her birthday and has been digging in a little corner of the front yard that died off due to having a bag of dirt or mulch or something on it for too long.
I wonder if our lawn proud neighbors hate us...
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Date: 2008-05-26 04:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-28 10:31 pm (UTC)Oh-- It looks like we'll be bringing Delia to Origins. She's not up to that many nights away from us, according to Scott's mother.