Jun. 8th, 2006

solarbird: (molly-content)
When [livejournal.com profile] cow posted herb pictures a little while ago, I thought I would too. I planted all these a couple of weeks ago, from little, um, 4" pots? 3" pots? The small size. They're growing in fairly well, I think, tho' I worry a bit about the amount of light they get. They're all in a raised-bed style planter against the retaining wall behind the house. I have oregano, rosemary, sage, and thyme - Pretty much the Basic Four, I think? I want little signs that I can stick into the ground with their names. Rosemary I can always remember, the others I have to look up so far.

This many photos in a row, I'll LJ-cut, even if they're small )

Earlier this year, I discovered that despite two years of not paying much attention at all, both the strawberries put in planters at MurkSouth by [livejournal.com profile] sksouth (red) and [livejournal.com profile] lyonesse (white) had died off in their planters, but had also escaped into the wild, and were still growing, just in the garden soil! (The white strawberries planted by [livejournal.com profile] lyonesse had done this once before, and I had put them back into a planter, from which they again escaped. Muah!) I put a couple of the red ones back into their original planter at MurkSouth, and now that those seem to have caught and are growing, I've brought a couple more out of the soil and up here, too! And I'm simultaneously doing the same with [livejournal.com profile] lyonesse's whites. To wit!


White strawberry transplants, garden soil to pot, Murkworks North



Red strawberry transplants, garden soil to pot, Murkworks North


I've also cut the blackberry infestation again, in the area I want to have be this summer's Big Garden Project. By the standards of projects later to come, it isn't big at all, but it's going to be a bunch of work. More on that probably later. ^_^

ETA: Oh yeah, I forgot. That watering can I got at McLendon's looks like this:


Watering Can

...and now that I've used it for a couple of weeks, I'm happy to say that I really, really, really like it. It's easy to carry, it's easy to pour, and it has a much nicer (and very gentle) pour pattern than the previous plastic one which disintegrated. So if you need a watering can, I recommend this kind. It's good. ^_^

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