When I cautiously planted some hollyhocks and yarrow, I didn't expect anything to actually come up, but to my surprise, two days ago I saw some little leafy sprouts in the hollyhock area. They don't look like any weeds around here, and they're growing in a straight line, so this means that, despite all past evidence, my presence doesn't kill off plants! I immediately started planting more seeds, and I soon saw what looked like little green worms in the lobelia pot. I'm not sure how I'm going to separate them -- I just dumped seed powder in there without separating the individual seeds (I doubted it would grow, so I was lazy), so now they're all within millimeters of each other. But nevermind, I'll figure it out somehow.
In the past few days, I've planted:
Catnip
Evening Primrose (not from seed -- I got it from my mom the last time I saw her)
Lavender
Basil
Rosemary
Echinacea
Parsley
Dill
Lupines
Foxgloves
Peas
and some other things I can't recall at the moment. I'm also getting some nettle, skullcap, and plantain seeds soon. It may seem ridiculous to plant plantain, since in most places it grows abundantly, but Georgia is an exception. I haven't seen any in our yard since we moved in (in the beginning of last fall, before anything began dying), and I haven't got much left of the ones I picked in Russia, since I used most of it on the sores I got from working.
There are a ton of other things I'd like to plant, but by now it would probably be too late to order anymore seeds, and I don't feel like shoveling red clay anymore. I'd have to wait to plant any berry bushes, anyway, since there's no guarantee we'll stay here for more than a year.
I've also been expanding my small herb collection and trying to find something useful to pick around here. I really don't like buying herb pills and the such -- they always seem sort of like the herbs are stale, and it just doesn't give me the same feeling as working with the plants, so I want to pick or grow everything myself as much as possible.
So far I have a good amount of chamomile, some plantain leaves, Queen Anne's Lace seeds, tons of dried rosemary, dandelion leaves, chickweed oil, lemon balm, stale catnip, a box of motherwort from a little Russian store, and a bit of marshmallow. On my porch, there's a bottle of dandelion flower oil brewing in the sun, and little bunches of sage, bee balm, and periwinkle left out to dry. I can't wait till more plants start growing.
Monday, April 20, 2009
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