New plants from the master gardener plant sale:
Spider plant with two babies. I decided to root the babies on soil so the twine helps to hold them down.
Hen and chicks.
And just to give you a perspective of scale of the hen and chicks.
Clockwise fron the top of the spiral: Rosemary, oregano, chives and lavender just peeking out from behind the rocks. The pot next to the spiral has chocolate mint. The oregano and chives were from the master gardener plant sale. The rest were from the Farmer's market. Also seeded basil, cilantro, parsley and chamomile a few days ago.
Close up of the chocolate mint. It really does smell like chocolate and mint.
And lastly for the backyard: One lily of the valley and three hellebores. These still need to be planted.
Update on everything else:
Right most raised bed. Tomato doing well. Some lettuce, phacelia and nasturtium coming up. I accidentally read my garden plan backwards for this bed and so there's a stray sunflower in the second column. That will eventually get moved once I figure out where.
Here lies corn. And once the seedlings start coming up, the beans and edamame will go in and use the corn stalks as trellis.
Left garden bed has seen the most action so far. A lot of the lettuce has been picked and eaten by Bonnie, Ryan and some neighbors. The carrots are doing really well and should be ready to pick soon. One of my tomato seedlings is still alive but I did buy a cherokee purple from the farmer's market.
Close up of the cherokee purple.
If you look closely in the square with the two round lettuce heads, my lone surviving tomato seedling is still alive. Go little buddy! Oh and creeping thyme smells super good when I accidentally step on them tending to my garden bed. They have spread quite a bit but still have more ground to cover.
Finally moved the scallions out into the garden. They're used scallion from the grocery store. I saved the bottom part, rooted them in water and then transferred them to a pot in the house. Now they're out in the garden bed and should do a lot better.
Dianthus, red ones near the edge by the lamp post and my arctic fire in three big clumps in the middle. Geraniums next to them on the right are doing decent too.
Monarda definitely spreading and competing with the sedum on the left. I wish they would just spread more to the right but then I guess they would invade the space of the baptisia. Strawberries are in front of the monarda and are flowering/setting fruit.
Apricot tree in, one hosta clump divided and one poke weed destroyed. I probably should divide the other hostas but...
I'm out of space. No, that's probably not true. I can totally move a whole bunch more to the backyard. These guys in the side yard are doing decent though. My plan is to mulch with the rest of the hardwood mulch I got last year.
I'm still not quite sure if I planted the apricot straight. Hmm...
Asparagus. Super delicate, only one standing right now.
More dianthus, these I got from the farmer's market in 2010 so they are 3 years old!
Nasturtium in the little apple crate that had those huge sweet potatoes last year.
This section has a lot of plants. The irises and roses are blooming and the daylilies are going crazy. I probably should move some of them.
I'm generally not a big fan of roses but I'm glad that I didn't cut down the bush last year.
Close up of a rose.
Backyard update:
Dicentras doing well.
Aquilegia doing okay. A little sparse.
The eastern columbine that survived the winter in it's little pot is thriving.
Solomon seal. Cute flowers! Unfortunately my phone camera refused to focus right on them.
Virginia bluebells are probably on their way out.
Golden poppy. One of my expert gardener friends think they're very invasive and spread a lot but that's kinda what I want!
Redbud done blooming.
Don't remember what little trees I planted in the backyard anymore but they all have leaves.
So all in all a pretty good 5th of May.
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