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May. 16th, 2013 04:39 pm
Stop me before I dig again
Okay, so I'm obsessing about the garden just a tiny bit. I mean, it's probably not necessary to check the growth of the clematis vines every day or minutely examine the seed patches for sprouts weeks before they're due to arrive. I can't help it; I'm just so glad to find the growing season here at long last. Nighttime lows have been above 10℃ (50℉) for a couple days now and are forecast to remain so indefinitely.
Last night I went ahead and planted the lemon thyme and the rosemary. Soon the tarragon, marjoram, and lemon balm will join it. The basil may be last of all, because it's the runtiest and most delicate. Maybe I'll pick up something more next time I'm in Andersonville; I'm looking at ever more space to fill now that the firebush is gone and Scooter and I have split the plot it was in. (Naturally, the new gardeners have done nothing at all with their plots, so I might have even more arable land to till before the summer is out.)
So far everything's doing fine in the parkway, though a couple of the periwinkle were looking a little withered and the transplanted lilies of the valley got uprooted. The rest are on the verge of coming into bloom. Still no blossoms on the lilacs in the gangway[*], but it can't be long now; apparently I did a competent job of pruning them last year because they seem to have a lot of new growth.
Elsewhere, I saw my first Dutch iris, confirming that we're running about 2-3 weeks behind St Louis as per normal. I saw my first ornamental catmint blooming over the weekend and the stars-of-Bethlehem are beginning to open at the old frame house across the street. Bridal wreath has gone full bore, but it's much less noticeable due to all the relandscaping around campus.
[*] The term for "gap between two buildings" which apparently I should've been using all this time.
Last night I went ahead and planted the lemon thyme and the rosemary. Soon the tarragon, marjoram, and lemon balm will join it. The basil may be last of all, because it's the runtiest and most delicate. Maybe I'll pick up something more next time I'm in Andersonville; I'm looking at ever more space to fill now that the firebush is gone and Scooter and I have split the plot it was in. (Naturally, the new gardeners have done nothing at all with their plots, so I might have even more arable land to till before the summer is out.)
So far everything's doing fine in the parkway, though a couple of the periwinkle were looking a little withered and the transplanted lilies of the valley got uprooted. The rest are on the verge of coming into bloom. Still no blossoms on the lilacs in the gangway[*], but it can't be long now; apparently I did a competent job of pruning them last year because they seem to have a lot of new growth.
Elsewhere, I saw my first Dutch iris, confirming that we're running about 2-3 weeks behind St Louis as per normal. I saw my first ornamental catmint blooming over the weekend and the stars-of-Bethlehem are beginning to open at the old frame house across the street. Bridal wreath has gone full bore, but it's much less noticeable due to all the relandscaping around campus.
[*] The term for "gap between two buildings" which apparently I should've been using all this time.