I can't believe I'm two weeks behind in my Grow Write Guild prompts! Aye Carumba! Well, yeah I can actually. Things have been nutty around here. But that is okay. I'll survive.
So in case you haven't heard, for Grow Write Guild Prompt #3,
we are to write about are garden RIGHT NOW. So, I'm going to unplug
myself from the wall and take you outside so that we can discuss.
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Alright. Here I am sitting on my side porch steps on
this beautiful sunny day. I'm going to try my best to do this one
without photos since last time my post was all photos. I should also say
that two weeks ago, my garden definitely did not look like this. We
have been having a proper spring for the first time in ages, and so
things have been growing. Also, I bought plants and I started planting
my goods this past weekend. So oh well, deal with it. :P
To
my left is what I affectionately call my "flower" garden. It is a small
space, about 7 feet by 2 feet. In it, I have two yarrow plants that I
originally planted at my parents, but have since transferred over to
here. They are lush and green and starting to spread more than last
year. I also have the green Chicks and Hens that Lourdes let me swipe
from her mom's garden last year. It has produced a number of offspring,
of which, a few have been plucked and planted elsewhere in this garden. I
have three reddish-brown Chicks and Hens, which I bought a few weeks
ago, as well as A new super clustered bright green one, and a clustered
red tipped one, which I picked up this past weekend with Trevor from our
favourite greenhouse. I also have a newly acquired Stonecrop that seems
to be making itself right at home.
Now comes the
interesting bits. While at Canadian Tire last year, I saw that they had
some "Ontario Natives" plants hanging around. I picked out the best two
plants, but that's not saying much. They were pretty sad looking. I
bought a Mayapple because I had read that it is an edible wild plant (I
have been really interested in foraging recently and have been able to
identify a number of plants out on hikes!). I was pretty sure it died
last year, but low and behold this weird thing had popped up in the soil
about a week ago. It is now standing tall with six lovely leaves. I
can't wait until it flowers! I hope it bears fruit! Also sitting rather
handsomely in this garden are some fuzzy purple flowers. This too was
one of those Canadian Tire destined to die plants. I really did think I
killed this one too. Don't ask me what it is. I have no idea. Until
today, all that was there was five dainty flowers, perched upon their
stems. Today, one leaf has decided to make an appearance. Whatever this
thing is, it is welcome back next year.
Above this
garden is my kitchen porch planter box. Nothing is standing out of here
except for sticks to denote what will soon (hopefully) be asparagus and
green onions. I hope both the asparagus and the green onions take over
this planter box in the most unruly ways.
To my right
is another garden, about a foot and a half by about 11 feet. In order of
closeness to me: a peony plant is sprouting up (I swear it was 6 inches
shorter this morning!); three garlics, a foot high; two sticks denoting
future onions; an unruly rose bush that has yet to produce a rose for
me (not that I care for the flower much); four more garlics; something I
did not plant, maybe Hostas?; a fresh little golden raspberry stalk; a
garden gnome; a single pretty yellow tulip; loads of red raspberry
leaves springing up from the ground and loads more on the plant stalk I
left in over the winter.
To my "two o'clock" is the
garden that we dug up last year. The place where the tomatoes took over.
It is barren. I haven't gotten around to planting here yet! But I will!
In front of this, three black mismatched containers are barren also, but they hold more onions-to-be.
Shall I walk to the front garden window box? I shall!
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What do we have here? Oh hello, peppermint! How are you chocolate mint? Howdy banana mint! What's shakin' spearmint? Sup chives?
And
under that, not even in a garden, just loitering from the previous
owner in my "lawn" (mud patch), four beautiful red tulips and a
spattering of daffodils.
Sigh.............tis spring......... :)
And now....I must go clean some stuff up, get crackin' on my school stuff, and try to squeeze in my current house project.
Enjoy the beautiful weather!
{And enjoy this lovely tune.}
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