Well that is surprising. The strawberry plants I had last year have come back! The rosemary bush is bigger, so I’m not sure how much light they will get, but yay for their return!
The strawberries return
Category: Garden
Spring flowers
I no longer need to have spring flower envy for my neighbor’s beautiful bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, and forsythia. We have our own flowers! And it really isn’t surprising that it is all the shade flowers: columbine and shamrock. Our property is very shaded. We have crossvine too, which does fine in shade, but better in sun. We do have some honeysuckle blooming, some speedwell, and a daisy that my youngest picked out two years ago that turns out to be a perennial. It will be interesting to see how the meadow does. I seeded bluebonnets, but we had only a couple flower this year. I didn’t reseed any other flowers, so we are looking to see what reseeded itself. The columbines in the front bed have done a great job of reseeding, and may manage to take over the whole bed eventually, which would be awesome.
Rogue Arugula
Last spring I planted arugula. Turns out that I am not a fan of arugula; I think it smells like rubber. So rather than harvest it, I just let it go to seed. Oops. I now have arugula growing everywhere.
Maybe the wild rabbits will like it. Or not. At least the flowers are pretty.
Unexpected pea
I have contemplated starting the outside garden, but apparently it started itself. I found this thriving pea plant merrily blooming on the side fence. Yes, I have planted peas, but not this season. We’ll see how it does! (I really should plant some of the other dozens of seeds I have stock piled, but it has been dreary and there are still frosts in the forecast.)
The other kind of sprouts
I planted some herb seeds in the tiny pots and they are sprouting! This isn’t usually the part I have issues with; I can usually get sprouts, but then getting the sprouts to harvestable plants has been problematic. I am hoping the grow light will help, and I steeled myself and thinned the seedlings (after this picture). I think that is usually my issue. It bothers me to pull out the cute little seedlings from their cozy bed next to their brothers and sisters. I had to think that none of them would grow well if there aren’t enough resources. The thinned sprouts went to the chickens, so no waste there.
Critters and Craft 