Plant matters
Mar. 10th, 2019 09:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
omorkaI have a volunteer tomato plant growing from last year's planter. I am letting it grow because I am curious whether it will bear fruit worth eating, but I am also picking up a couple of patio tomato plants because I am not optimistic enough to bet on it.
A month ago I bought a bundle of spearmint at the farmer's market, used one sprig of it, and stuck the rest in a jar of water to stay fresh. Being mint, it put down roots instead. That bunch just got put out into a large pot on the porch today.
I need to replace my thyme and basil plants; everything else, including the oregano that I thought might have gotten frostbitten in our one freeze, seems to be leafing out for spring just fine. I'm going to try lemon balm one more time before giving up on it ever surviving the summers here - it makes it to August and then turns into sad brown sticks.
On the list of things to do this week: pick up some planters/large pots for the two muscadine grapevines I bought on a whim at the fruit tree sale, pay someone with a stronger back than I have to dig holes for the two new citrus trees, mulch all the things.
A month ago I bought a bundle of spearmint at the farmer's market, used one sprig of it, and stuck the rest in a jar of water to stay fresh. Being mint, it put down roots instead. That bunch just got put out into a large pot on the porch today.
I need to replace my thyme and basil plants; everything else, including the oregano that I thought might have gotten frostbitten in our one freeze, seems to be leafing out for spring just fine. I'm going to try lemon balm one more time before giving up on it ever surviving the summers here - it makes it to August and then turns into sad brown sticks.
On the list of things to do this week: pick up some planters/large pots for the two muscadine grapevines I bought on a whim at the fruit tree sale, pay someone with a stronger back than I have to dig holes for the two new citrus trees, mulch all the things.
