Garden 2011
It's not much, but it's a start:
This month's natural gas bill contained the interesting tidbit of information that April 2011's average temperature was 7 degrees colder than last year's April, which I had suspected. Everything's a bit behind. But it's coming up! The chives as usual are my front runners, with a fair number of buds already. The creeping thyme already looks amazing. I thought the oregano and strawberries were gonners, but they are edging back. Not as nicely as the ones I've seen in other inground gardens in the neighborhood, but I'll take what I can get up here. I wasn't expecting to see the agastache back after the mint (mint! I thought you could not kill that stuff!) didn't make it through last year, but it's sprouting nicely. As are most of the seeds I planted in my winter-sowing experiment and a host of candytuft volunteers. I've got a tray full of seedlings under lights inside and several windowsills full of mangy over-wintered plants that are only just finally starting to look a little less mangy, so the weather outside can not get warmer soon enough! Now let's hope it can all survive a little over-enthusiastic watering from a 2 year old...
This month's natural gas bill contained the interesting tidbit of information that April 2011's average temperature was 7 degrees colder than last year's April, which I had suspected. Everything's a bit behind. But it's coming up! The chives as usual are my front runners, with a fair number of buds already. The creeping thyme already looks amazing. I thought the oregano and strawberries were gonners, but they are edging back. Not as nicely as the ones I've seen in other inground gardens in the neighborhood, but I'll take what I can get up here. I wasn't expecting to see the agastache back after the mint (mint! I thought you could not kill that stuff!) didn't make it through last year, but it's sprouting nicely. As are most of the seeds I planted in my winter-sowing experiment and a host of candytuft volunteers. I've got a tray full of seedlings under lights inside and several windowsills full of mangy over-wintered plants that are only just finally starting to look a little less mangy, so the weather outside can not get warmer soon enough! Now let's hope it can all survive a little over-enthusiastic watering from a 2 year old...