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March 30, 2009
Victory!
Isn't it cool how you can stick things into the dirt and then they grow and turn out to be really awesome and edible?
So we bought this house without realizing that there was a window box under the front window. Stupid Xylosma.
And then we sanded and painted and got rid of the Xylosma. It was the middle of January, and all they had at the nursery were the typical colorful annuals, some mint and a small lemon thyme plant.
And then, even before I could blink, it stopped freezing outside and the nurseries started carrying more stuff and, holy moly, I had a container garden.
There's the old primrose, some Fino Verde basil, some of the sweet peas I stuck in randomly, the lemon thyme and some English thyme, mint, French tarragon, a random garlic clove that I stuck in, which is sprouting madly, catnip, more mint and some Greek oregano. On the other side of the primrose (not shown) is a nice patch of cilantro and crazy-ass salad greens, all from seed.
Out on the side of the house where the junipers were are some lavender and rosemary plants, some poppies and hollyhocks, a pomegranate tree, some beans (the slugs like to nom them, so I'm dubious), a couple of tomatoes and a zucchini, and a patch of arugula. There's also some bergamot mint and epazote in the concrete pipe fittings we found in the back yard.
AND there are two half wine barrels in the back yard with tomatoes, basil, a jalapeno pepper and a tomatillo plant. We'll see.
Comments
Wow, we have come a long way, haven't we?
Posted by: Nathan at March 30, 2009 4:54 PM
Sweet! I get to live vicariously through you in the gardening world.
Posted by: grace at March 30, 2009 6:43 PM
Nice!
My green thumb seems to be indoors only. =D
Posted by: Jes at March 31, 2009 10:54 AM
Cograts on the garden!!
Be careful where you plant mint....it will overpower everthing. It's best planted in it own pot (which is not on top of dirt...the runners will spread everywhere...)
My favorite mint is peppermint...mmmmm...
Posted by: Ba at April 1, 2009 12:51 PM