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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.
Oregano
Rosemary
Sage
Thyme
Earlier this year, I discovered that despite two years of not paying much attention at all, both the strawberries put in planters at MurkSouth bysksouth (red) and 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 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 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. ^_^
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.Oregano
Rosemary
Sage
Thyme
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
sksouth (red) and 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 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 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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Date: 2006-06-09 05:13 am (UTC)I more mean, I'm having land envy. ;) It doesn't help I'm in a real estate phase again, but I'm looking at studio condos because it's 2006 and not 1996 anymore :(
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Date: 2006-06-09 06:17 pm (UTC)Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah.
Um, well, foo.
Should I even ask how much you're trying to spend? Or, maybe, trying not to spend? (You can answer in email, of course.)
Advice: don't forget co-ops, don't get depressed if there's nothing you can find right now. Go ahead and not mind if it takes a year or two. Pretend it's the 80s in Eastern Europe and you're trying to buy a car or something. ^_^