garden update!

well with the weather being warm and all, i decided it was time to get my gardening gloves out

every year i do an herb garden. it lasts for a few weeks and then, of course, i forget to water it and it slowly dies a horrible death

but not this year!

no no no no no!

i am going to water this sucker!

we've got basil, rosemary, cilantro and curled parlsey! everything a growing bunny needs

also, the orange tree is looking mighty fine! and by fine i mean not producing fruit but those leaves are greeeeen and lush. so baby steps orange tree! baby steps.

the lemon tree on the other hand has gone bonkers.

not only has it shot up like a ... well, tree... but it also has...

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wait for it....

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LEMONS!

more than one!!

and i bought some cacti that i hope will grow and make me feel better about myself and how i can take care of things.

:)

gardening

i do not pretend to know how to garden

i usually kill my plants, even cactus and bamboo

but so far...

hoorah! still going strong!

in fact, i took a handful, or two, of greens and fed them to mr. edgar, who enjoyed them.

so i was pretty confident when i wanted to do another two flower beds.

the lonely, empty flower beds...

and now...

and happily, i finally got my fruit tree...

blood orange tree.

hopefully it thrives

also, baked some chocolate chip cookies today.

they're good... not as good as my mom's (even though we use the same recipe) but isn't that always the way?

sigh

hubby is making our second meal in the slow cooker! and i am off to read for a while and get ready for work tomorrow

an herb garden

there are a lot of areas around the house i live in that are in need of some tlc
one little bed in particular, i've been daydreaming about growing an herb garden there, mostly for bunny purposes
a nice piece of rosemary when he's least expecting it is a treat
also, we can cook with it and not have to buy big amounts at the grocery and then not use all of it!







it took many hours this morning (mostly because the bed was a mess and because i had no idea what i was doing) but finally...

Tah-DAH!


included are parsley, purple basil, lemon thyme, purple thyme, sage



notice the old fuse next to the pots - i found in the flower bed. along with nails, plastic, and bottle caps




in the pots, we have our - "doesn't want to share space" group basil, rosemary and mint (basil is in its own pot because i didn't have room in the bed, not because it is aggressive)


i only hope to keep it alive, as i have recently killed some bamboo....