Herb Circle Update

When the plants get going, one cool cloudy day I'll straighten the dividers that form the sectors and take away the extra pieces of brick.

The center piece is a part from an old planter that I found

in the dirt. It is held by a large bolt from a light pole with

an old brown insulator on top. The grapevine ball was lying

around where I twisted grapevines together when I pruned. 

When I considered the heat and the amount of work to make a near-perfect wheel first I settled for getting plants growing (at the wrong time of year) instead of making a photo-worthy base with no herbs.

So far there are dwarf marigold transplants that I grew from seed a few weeks back and a clump of Lemon Grass Cymbopogon citratus that wintered in the greenhouse. Lemon Grass is slow to return from roots this year outside. Out of sight in the far left section are three Parsley plants deciding whether to live in the heat or not. They would prefer shade, I think.

Waiting on the greenhouse porch are bits of Rosemay. The larger Rosemary that I transplanted has already died. Two pots of Oregano divisions are promising. Small pots of Thyme from seed await enough roots to safely transplant. The bits of brown in the pots are aged juniper needles the storm blew off last night.

More Thyme seedlings. How many puns about having Thyme

for the garden could you stand?

Come Look for a Blossom

We are having mild days here while much of the country suffers ice and snow. February freezes are inevitable. Cold wind will blow in from the North soon while we are enjoying what feels like spring.

During the day, a ventilating fan keeps the temperature tolerable for plants.

Cool season veggies just hang out on Ike's porch.

Tomatoes are growing toward the back. We need to look more closely.

I love my patchwork pattern in the center floor. Found it in the New

York Times; it was a driveway there. Urban stone, sideways brick and

river stones in the seams. I've started dropping blue glass gems in the cracks.

 

Forced hyacinths. The pots with three bulbs hold 'Gypsy Queen'

'Blue Jacket' almost ready to bloom for Chinese New Year.

Almost ready to eat! I wasn't sure I could pull this off without blossom rot.

The second tomato plant has a single fruit and some blooms.

We need a few nights at 55º F to set fruit.

 

White pots behind have Gerbera Daisy seedlings and a

daylily seedling extra. Two in one takes less space.

 

Thyme cuttings. I almost let all my Thyme die, so we're starting over.

 Brugmansia cuttings think Spring is at hand. I have shoots at the base of those outside. The
next freeze will take those away, I believe.

Second bloom stalk on 'Nymph' Amaryllis; Begonias behind.

 

I hope you enjoyed this little peek at my plants.