Monthly Archives: May 2014

I was going for super cheap this year, but wanted to put my herbs in containers, so I searched and searched for the most cost effective thing I could find -- and would you believe Kmart came to the rescue? Those flexible green tubs were only $4.99 each, so I grabbed three, drilled some holes in the bottoms, added a single layer of egg rock I had laying around for good measure, and plopped all my new little buddies in.







I had great internal anguish over whether to plant all three thymes together, or divide them among the three containers. I guess it's obvious which way I went, but it was not an easy decision, and there was much hand-wringing. ;)

Also used this season for the first time in years is the enamel basin I used to use as a planter at our old house.



Everything's filthy because it had been freshly planted, but I just love the way plants look in there.

A non-herb update is the addition of some cheater greens (ones I did not start from seed) to replace the failed mixed lettuce seeds. The seeds I used were great performers in the past, but the pack was very old, so I wasn't too surprised when they didn't come up.



Yesterday I built the last two frames for the shelf and planted some broccoli (I do realize it's late, but we're just planting it for the greens back there) and some red lettuce.

Cross your fingers for the continued success of the shelf garden! It frees up a lot of space in the other beds and looks nice back there, so I'm really hoping it works out.

Working on uploading a glabillionty pictures from a nature walk I took with a friend the other evening and will share soon. I think you'll enjoy them.