Jul. 22nd, 2013 10:46 am
All your basil are belong to us
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muckefuckYesterday I made my last big gardening push of the year, figuring that we'd be lucky to get another well-timed break in the heat. Plus we'd had a spot of rain to soften up the soil. So I hacked away half of the lovage so it wouldn't throw so much shade and ripped up all the wood sorrel, chickweed, and other noxious growth I could reach. In doing so, I made the happy discovery that not all the purslane had been torn out. With any luck, in a few weeks' time I'll have two healthy patches of it.
The volunteer catnip I'd known about already; I've been regularly stripping a leaf here and there for the Whiny Grey One. I thought I'd massacred it in the course of transplanting it all to a buried pot; even though I watered it immediately and well, the leaves all wilted to the ground. But its resilience is impressive, and today in leaving I saw that it had all perked up again. That should help compensate for the catnip pot alongside the porch, which has been completely ravaged by earwigs.
Once the valuable plants were marked or out of harm's way, I was free to have at it with the tiller left behind by the gays. Scooter was right: it makes for much easier work. I stuck some cocozella seeds in the ground at the back, just for grins, transplanted a dill plant that was getting crowded out, and sowed the rest with basil. Of the seedlings I'd transplanted a few weeks ago, one is looking very good, a couple more are surviving, and the rest died. I put the second round in the ground, reserving one to a terracotta pot, and already last night's downpour seems to have taken one out.
It may have cooled off a bit, but the air today was humid as a frog's crotch. After the rain, it spiked at 92% but should drop as the temperature rises. It was a pleasant enough stroll to the shuttle stop today, but there's certainly no mistaking this weather for autumn. Still haven't needed the AC, however. Instead, I'm relying on my traditional two-shower routine, the second one taking place right before bedtime and involving drying off in front of a box fan. Refreshing!
The volunteer catnip I'd known about already; I've been regularly stripping a leaf here and there for the Whiny Grey One. I thought I'd massacred it in the course of transplanting it all to a buried pot; even though I watered it immediately and well, the leaves all wilted to the ground. But its resilience is impressive, and today in leaving I saw that it had all perked up again. That should help compensate for the catnip pot alongside the porch, which has been completely ravaged by earwigs.
Once the valuable plants were marked or out of harm's way, I was free to have at it with the tiller left behind by the gays. Scooter was right: it makes for much easier work. I stuck some cocozella seeds in the ground at the back, just for grins, transplanted a dill plant that was getting crowded out, and sowed the rest with basil. Of the seedlings I'd transplanted a few weeks ago, one is looking very good, a couple more are surviving, and the rest died. I put the second round in the ground, reserving one to a terracotta pot, and already last night's downpour seems to have taken one out.
It may have cooled off a bit, but the air today was humid as a frog's crotch. After the rain, it spiked at 92% but should drop as the temperature rises. It was a pleasant enough stroll to the shuttle stop today, but there's certainly no mistaking this weather for autumn. Still haven't needed the AC, however. Instead, I'm relying on my traditional two-shower routine, the second one taking place right before bedtime and involving drying off in front of a box fan. Refreshing!