germination

[eub]

The peas are coming! The beans are coming! The alyssum is coming up all over like stubble, and oh boy did I sow that heavier than I meant to!

The mustard, of course, is well up, and the winged beans are huge. The Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, who can tell it from a weed seedling? Some green things are coming there.

I planted some lamb's lettuce, and potted a small rosemary which I'd picked up because I felt naked without one.

Comments

[cheesepuppet.livejournal.com]

Are you going to actually eat all this stuff?

[eub.livejournal.com]

Actually eat: peas.
Be overwhelmed by as always: beans.
Chastely ogle: alyssum.
Nibble to see if I like it: mustard greens.
May not bear anyway: winged beans.
Some say "extra-tasty", others say "laced with toxins, used to strip hair off of hides": M. crystallinum.
All adding up to a lot of leafy greens, isn't it: lamb's lettuce.
Is just a friend: rosemary.

[cheesepuppet.livejournal.com]

You're just a friend to the rosemary? That's the best one! At least save some for me so I can make my rosemary focaccia. Foccacia? I forget.

[eub.livejournal.com]

It is small still, so if you need lots of rosemary we can drive by my old house and harvest the one I planted there. (I promise I won't grab the neighbors' lavender by mistake this time.)

Re: germination

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

this is such an amazingly cool time in the garden. i'm always peeking, and wondering what all might be coming up that i didn't seed out, too. looks like the aquilegia went everywhere, for example.

mmh, alyssum. i should have... love that smell of honey.

Re: germination

[eub.livejournal.com]

After the parsley died back, I left the box alone. It grew into a moss garden in one end. The other has one sturdy volunteer alyssum which overwintered, I think. Everywhere not moss has parsley seedlings forming tiny jaggy leaves.

spring

[hosterman.livejournal.com]

Yep, I love the spring. Didn't plant much in the way of veggies yet, but I put in some sage and lavendar and thyme in the hopes that (the thyme at least) will spread to form a little herb pathway.

My lilies are coming up and my Dicentra is in full bloom, the Daphne odora is on its way out (but still smells heavenly) but the Daphne cneorum is just getting ready to bloom. And I'm so excited that my clematis isn't dead! I'm trying to train it up the flowering cherry to see if I can make it more attractive.

Lastly, the awesome blueberries that Meg gave me are growing and starting to flower. Yay blueberries!

Re: spring

[eub.livejournal.com]

I don't know when things get planted in this odd climate you have, really, but I figure it's frost-free now so I shouldn't go too far wrong.

What is a daphne?
*google*
Hm, I don't know them.

Blueberries! Muffins!

(I killed the thyme table centerpiece from your wedding. Well, bugs did. Those tiny web-spinning ones that always attack my thyme and that I can never force off.)

Re: spring

[hosterman.livejournal.com]

Usually last frost is mid-March. Though our weather the past few years has been remarkably unreliable. I bet this year will be another scorcher too.

I love daphnes! They smell heavenly. There are still a few flowers in bloom at my house, you're welcome to come over and visit anytime.

Ooh, blueberry muffins! But I promised Meg that I'd make blueberry cobbler with the first batch.

Usually thyme is really tough around here. I've never had trouble with spider mites on thyme. (of course, now that I've said that...) Did you plant the thyme outside or was it inside? If inside, it's less surprising about the mites. They like dry warmth.

Re: spring

[eub.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was inside. I had some thyme outside, and it was happy.