Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Look what I bought!!!
LONG GREEN IMPROVED CUCUMBER
BABY OAKLEAF LETTUCE
GARDEN HUCKLEBERRY
BLACK HUNGARIAN PEPPER,
BURAN PEPPER,
CALIFORNIA WONDER PEPPER,
BLOOMSDALE LONG STANDING SPINACH
BANANA LEGS TOMATO
BLACK PLUM TOMATO
CHERRY ROMA TOMATO
BASIL, GENOVESE, BASIL, SWEET
LAVENDER, ENGLISH
OREGANO, GREEK
PEPPERMINT
ROSEMARY
SAGE
THYME, ENGLISH
Coolness, yes? And even better, they're all heirloom and not at all connected to Montsanto. I'm so excited to get started. I haven't had a garden since Suzie was born--my plot has become weed infested and root bound and every time I set out to work it I'd get about 1/8th done and then get discouraged. So two weekends ago I just tore the whole thing out. I'll let it turn back into lawn and put a garden somewhere else. My perfectionism has stymied me for too damn long--I'm so excited for a fresh start.
So this year it's all about containers. A ton of them. They seem much less overwhelming to me and I'm all about finding comfort in gardening, not beating myself down. Maybe next year I'll get into the square-foot gardening thing, or something bigger, but for this year I'll have an amazing salad garden and rosemary shrubs for my cats to walk through and keep my house smelling amazing.
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BABY OAKLEAF LETTUCE
GARDEN HUCKLEBERRY
BLACK HUNGARIAN PEPPER,
BURAN PEPPER,
CALIFORNIA WONDER PEPPER,
BLOOMSDALE LONG STANDING SPINACH
BANANA LEGS TOMATO
BLACK PLUM TOMATO
CHERRY ROMA TOMATO
BASIL, GENOVESE, BASIL, SWEET
LAVENDER, ENGLISH
OREGANO, GREEK
PEPPERMINT
ROSEMARY
SAGE
THYME, ENGLISH
Coolness, yes? And even better, they're all heirloom and not at all connected to Montsanto. I'm so excited to get started. I haven't had a garden since Suzie was born--my plot has become weed infested and root bound and every time I set out to work it I'd get about 1/8th done and then get discouraged. So two weekends ago I just tore the whole thing out. I'll let it turn back into lawn and put a garden somewhere else. My perfectionism has stymied me for too damn long--I'm so excited for a fresh start.
So this year it's all about containers. A ton of them. They seem much less overwhelming to me and I'm all about finding comfort in gardening, not beating myself down. Maybe next year I'll get into the square-foot gardening thing, or something bigger, but for this year I'll have an amazing salad garden and rosemary shrubs for my cats to walk through and keep my house smelling amazing.
Comments:
Containers are so the way to go! I felt so overwhelmed by my regular dirt garden that I gave up entirely, but my containers never felt overwhelming at all...and they look so much prettier too...and much less weeding! Good luck.
I'm so excited to start gardening again. I had a huge garden that took a lot of time last year, and then we sold the house before I harvested much at all. Our new home doesn't have a garden plot yet and I think I'm going to try containers also. Your garden sounds wonderful. I read the Omnivore's Dilemma and that stuff with Monsanto scares me a bit- good idea going with the heirloom varieties.
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