Garden Notes
Over the last couple of weeks the kiddo and I have been venturing outside to tend to the yard and garden areas. We are about to get some plants into the soil.
Today we planted some really old cucumber seeds, poppy flower seeds and sweet basil seeds to see if they were any good. It was just something to hold over the kiddo until our local nursery (The Urban Gardener) opens up in a couple days.
Our List of Things to be Planted:
- Lemon Balm (melissa officinalis)
- German Chamomile (matricaria recutita)
- Apple Mint [woolly mint (mentha suaveolens)]
- Bergamont Mint (mentha citrata)
- Spearmint (mentha spicata)
- Dark Opal Basil (ocimum basilicum “purpurascens”)
- Lemon Basil (ocimum x citriodorum)
- Catnip (nepeta cataria)
- Oregano (origanum vulgare)
- Rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis)
- Garden/Kitchen Sage (salvia officinalis)
- Divining Sage (saliva divinorum)
- Lyre-Leaved Sage (salvia lyrata)
- Red Raspberry (rubus strigosus)
- Red Clover (trifolium pratense)
- Carrot (novelty cultivars: red, purple, yellow and white)
- Radicchio [”italian chicory” (cichorium intybus)]
- White Clover (trifolium repens)
- Wild Strawberry (fragaria virginiana) (rosaceae)
- Low Sweet Blueberry [”maine blueberry” (vaccinium angustifolium)
There’s also onions, garlic, tomato and broccoli among other things, but I think most of those will be saved for the community garden we are involved with.
I usually hate working out in the yard, but this year I have been looking forward to it. It’s nice to feel the soil between my toes and to get my hands in the dirt. Elijah is sure enjoying it too.
We have signed ourselves up to work in the community garden that is just getting started in our neighborhood. It’s located in the yard right behind The Vault, our neighborhood coffee and tea bar. This will be a wonderful adventure.
More garden notes to come.
