Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Tuesday Yardening

Today is sunny and quite warm, with just a little breeze.

Round 1, I planted dill, oregano, thyme, and pineapple sage in the strip garden. 

Round 2, I potted up jalapeno pepper plants with lime basil, and cayenne pepper plants with sweet basil.  I put the leftovers in the cistern herb garden.

Round 3, I planted more morning glory seeds around the support wire for the telephone pole.

Round 4, I potted cilantro, flat parsley, and curled parsley and put the extras in the cistern garden.  I also put together a pot of yellow and orange flowers.  Then I pulled more weeds around the forest garden.

The first peony bud is open.  The white globe allium is in full bloom.  I rather like it, and may buy more.  They come in purple too, which might be nice for the purple-and-white garden.

It's dusk now, so I'm done for the night.
Tags: gardening, illinois, nature, personal
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rhodielady_47

rhodielady_47

May 9 2017, 22:36:15 UTC 4 years ago

Herb gardening is wonderful.
Don't forget to go to the grocery store for a piece of ginger root to plant. Chives and Chinese chives grow well from seed too.
I need to plant some more chives too.
You've got me hungry thinking of all the delicious cooking you will be doing with all those herbs!
:^9....
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ysabetwordsmith

May 9 2017, 22:38:35 UTC 4 years ago

>>Herb gardening is wonderful.<<

:D

>> Don't forget to go to the grocery store for a piece of ginger root to plant. Chives and Chinese chives grow well from seed too. I need to plant some more chives too.<<

I haven't had much luck growing ginger, or most things from seed. But I may well get some chive seeds and mint seeds to throw around, they're cheap.

>>You've got me hungry thinking of all the delicious cooking you will be doing with all those herbs!
:^9.... <<

Mostly spaghetti sauce and sloppy joe fillings.
filkferengi

filkferengi

May 16 2017, 15:35:14 UTC 4 years ago

I've recently discovered an artist, Lynne Cherry, whose plant and animal drawings are wonderful. She does lots of children's and picture books. Her book, _How Groundhog’s Garden Grew_, is particularly excellent for its detailed illustrations of garden plants and the animals that love them. Your yardening notes reminded me of it. You might enjoy it.