The first happened when attempting to turn over the compost pile. It was moldy and rotting and it's got a lot of bugs. I shifted stuff around with a pitchfork and put some scoops of dirt on top of everything to encourage it to rot further. I quickly discovered, however, that my mom has not been heeding my advice not to put potatoes in the compost pile. We had some nice potato plants growing in there. I pulled them out and replanted them nearby just for shits and giggles. There ARE some new potatoes starting to grow on those plants too! Maybe they'll get big enough to eat? That would be totally weird.
I visited my grandpa earlier today and since it was so nice I decided to walk around his tiny backyard a bit and enjoy the sunshine. The first thing I found was what I am fairly sure is a lavender plant. Not sure if there is a way to take a cutting of that, but I'll look into it.
The other thing I found was a nice and healthy infestation of some sort of mint. Ok, I'm not a plant expert, but I am like 98% sure it's a mint of some sort. It smells good, like a lemony sort of mint, so I am thinking it may be Lemon Mint. I will need to find an expert to confirm this suspicion, however. I dug up a little plant from his mint colony and put it in the back of the car, even though it would be hours until I got home and the boot of my car is really hot. It ended up looking really sad and wilted by the time I got back and potted it, but I've heard mint is quite resilient, so let's hope it perks up soon. I could go for some mint lemonade right about now...
I've done a lot of planting int he last few days. Finally there is something GREEN in the greenhouse...
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Since I happen to have a variety of "newbie swap" seeds, I decided to plant a few and see what happens. Some of them look pretty old (one says 2009) but here's to trying! Chamomile, Lemon Mint, and I believe Sweet Basil, although the picture is kind of washed out.
2 pepper plants I picked up at a yard sale for $2 a piece: Sweet Goliath and Giant Marconi. Hopefully they'll both be great for stuffing and baking. Nom! (Note that the Giant Marconi had the top chopped off accidentally by my mom. I might have to go get another one, but this one still has a few leaves so I figured it was worth a shot to plant it anyway)
Organic rosemary plant which I bought for something like $3 or $4. It is so much better than the rosemary I tried to start from seed which grows so slow it might actually be a saguaro cactus disguised as rosemary (pictured at right). It's grown 1" in 4 months. COME ON. My room is not THAT cold. I moved it to the greenhouse with some fresh dirt and hope that it will take off as well. Also note the cute angel thing I picked up at a yard sale today for $.25.
Organic oregano start of some kind. I'm not really sure.
That's supposed to be Parsley. No, it's not albino. It's pretty much dead. Thank god I bought some LIVE organic parsley.....
(Aah. It's so beautiful.)
Random apple seeds I gathered at some point during the winter. I'm not sure what variety they are, so I'm just calling it "magic apple". All I know is that apple must've been pretty darn good for me to save the seeds from it.
Yes, I have high hopes for the $1.99 pea plant.
It's looking kind of sad; I hope the trellis makes it happier.
Good things have small, humble beginnings. This is the start of my "tomato plantation" adventure. I want enough to can sauce and diced tomatos -- enough to last me like a year or so.
Bonnie Best is supposed to be good for canning. We'll see. They're staying inside the kitchen in the countertop greenhouse. When they get too tall for that I'll move them to my parents bathroom, where they'll have enough light to keep growing without fear of being eaten by the rabid cats that I live with. With any luck I'll have tomato flowers several months from now.... yep, I'm a little late with my seeds.
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