Hey there gang! It's been a crazy few weeks. Apparently, trying to pursue a Master's Degree is a full-time job. Who knew? However, I still have my weekends to play in the dirt. In the last few weeks we've been trying to prepare the gardens for the long awaited spring. With that in mind, we've added two new plants to the gardens. Campanula "Blue" and Centaurea "Montana", both of them are blue which should be a nice contrast with the hosta and dianthus in the front porch garden. Not to mention the "Dark Dancer" clover the boy picked up for himself. It's currently contained on the porch, isolated from the rest of the gardens. The foliage is pretty with dark purple markings.
My next project will be to build a garden bench since I have window boxes that don't have windows to go along with them. In the meantime, I have picked up a few strawberry plants; however, the "Top Hat" Blueberry failed to establish itself and now makes a pretty dead stick decoration in the pot...the other one is holding on for dear life. That'll teach me to buy plants from Sam's Club.
Another thing I picked up this weekend was a book about herbs. It's one of those companion books that you've probably glanced at in the discount section of the bookstore. Well I got one now. Last year, I dried three varieties of mint for uses as herbal teas. However, this year I'm planning on doing something more with my herbal garden. Maybe a raised bed with a mix of perennial and annuals. That way I can make them into candles, satchels, teas and who knows what else my little brain can come up with. I've always liked the thought of becoming more self sustainable with my projects and I think this is just another step in the process.
Okay, enough babbling for now. Grow team, Grow!
