garden update

[lindaj]

I've returned from Morris dancing in DC to find that the first of the snowpeas in the garden has sprouted, so I assume the others won't be far behind. Meanwhile, the herbs continue to green up and to grow, and I should be able to divide some of them pretty much any time now.

A great many of the indoor seedlings are up, which is also promising. I imagine I'll be dividing them and moving them to bigger pots within the next week or so.

The compost is turned, and while it is settling and shrinking, and therefore presumably starting to break down, it's not really heating up. It's probably time to go get some more bunny poop and/or chicken poop (hi, tamidon!) to speed things up a bit.

The neighbor was outside, and thanked me profusely for having the Problematic Shrubs removed by the fabulous and outstanding doverider. She even gave me pastries to express her gratitude. Mmm...pastries.

Now that the Problematic Shrubs are gone, terse_scribe and I will need to get moving on extending the raised bed on the side of the yard. This will involve raising it by the height of yet another wall stone, and therefore needing to move every single herb that was planted last year..but it's probably better to bite the bullet and do that this year, rather than doing it next year when the process will involve far more plants. Thankfully, next week is April vacation week, so it should be a good time to really focus on that.

Comments

[paigemom.livejournal.com]

Rock Creek Women hosted an ale?

[lindalee.livejournal.com]

Nope, The Foggy Bottom Morris Men had their annual Cherry Blossom Tour. Sadly, the cherry blossoms were mostly past, and it rained for a good part of the day, but much fun was had by all.

[paigemom.livejournal.com]

Ah.

[lindalee.livejournal.com]

I guess mine took just over a week. I think the stretch of cool weather right after I planted them didn't help much, but the weather looks pretty promising for this week.

Soon!

And yeah, I'm no good with that patience thing, either. I think the only thing that really saved me at all was being out of town for 4 days.

[lindalee.livejournal.com]

Ooh...that means you got all of the hard ones to sprout! Well, I guess chamomile isn't hard, but rosemary and lavender can be challenging.