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keladry_lupinAfter Mom moved out, I didn't set foot onto the patio for four months. I finally went out there today and took stock, then yanked everything out execpt the lavender bush, since that's the only thing that's still alive. Swept up all the dead leaves and sighed over the mint and cat grass; the roots were so dense, it was impossible to shake any soil from there. Bad me. The cats are having fun, though. They like any new smells -- or, at least, smells they don't get to experience every day -- so they're on the patio, rolling around in the dirt and smushing leaves that I missed when I was sweeping up.
Now I have four empty pots, in which I shall plant herbs in another month. The only problem now is that I don't know which herbs I shall plant. I know I want parsley and thyme, since I use them in recipes, but I don't know about the other two. (If you say sage and rosemary, I shall thump you.) Maybe I'll just plant flowers, but that didn't turn out very well last year. Roses, perhaps? The two large planters are almost cubical -- the sides slope a little bit, so they're bigger at the top -- and each side is about fifteen inches in length. Is that large enough to sustain a rosebush?
The only other thing I know I want is a cutting from Nana's plumeria tree. It's looking kind of sickly, however, and the mother of that tree is at Aunt Jo's house, so I think I'll be asking permission to take a cutting from that one instead, once the weather warms up enough. I'll have to purchase a pot and soil and stuff -- the pot I'd gotten for the tree now holds the lavender bush -- but I really will do it, this year!
Now I have four empty pots, in which I shall plant herbs in another month. The only problem now is that I don't know which herbs I shall plant. I know I want parsley and thyme, since I use them in recipes, but I don't know about the other two. (If you say sage and rosemary, I shall thump you.) Maybe I'll just plant flowers, but that didn't turn out very well last year. Roses, perhaps? The two large planters are almost cubical -- the sides slope a little bit, so they're bigger at the top -- and each side is about fifteen inches in length. Is that large enough to sustain a rosebush?
The only other thing I know I want is a cutting from Nana's plumeria tree. It's looking kind of sickly, however, and the mother of that tree is at Aunt Jo's house, so I think I'll be asking permission to take a cutting from that one instead, once the weather warms up enough. I'll have to purchase a pot and soil and stuff -- the pot I'd gotten for the tree now holds the lavender bush -- but I really will do it, this year!