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[photo via bluenickelstudios.com]
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Where my thoughts actually wander out and in to my yard.
A week ago planted pansies & a couple petunias. Taking a que sera sera - what will live will live attitude to these plantings. Love pansies, but they've consistently died on me since living in North Texas.
And out back, where I threw herb seeds last year, parsley's thrived.
Basil's come and gone, and seems to be coming around again.
Oh , I want me a lush, full, filled to overflowing herb garden. Fresh herbs for cooking at my back door. . . front door . . . for the picking.
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This time from Heirloom Seeds. I started this order with Park Seed Co., but the shipping was $9.99 for regular speed. This charge on an order a little or $20, seemed high to me – it’s a light package, seeds . . . so as much as I like Park Seed Co., went w/ Heirloom Seeds, shipping only $3.50.
My order below.
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Item:1 – Qty:1, (HR66) BASIL, SPICY BUSH GLOBE, Price:1.25
Item:2 – Qty:1, (HR40) BEE BALM, Price:1.25
Item:3 – Qty:1, (HR4) CHAMOMILE, GERMAN, Price:1.25
Item:4 – Qty:1, (HR7) CHIVES, Price:1.25
Item:5 – Qty:1, (OHR13) OREGANO, GREEK – CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Price:2.00
Item:6 – Qty:1, (HR13) OREGANO, GREEK, Price:1.25
Item:7 – Qty:2, (HR25) ROSEMARY, Price:1.25
Item:8 – Qty:1, (HR15) SAGE, Price:1.25
Item:9 – Qty:1, (HR82) THYME, CREEPING, Price:1.25
Item:10 – Qty:1, (HR19) THYME, ENGLISH, Price:1.25
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Have had great success with my basil seeds. Some parsley shoots. A couple succulents, but they’re dying now that I’ve transplanted from the ‘bio-.
Using the Park seed starting trays did not seem to give my seeds a greater head start, and transplanting didn’t work well, so will now go w/ direct seeding in to the garden and pots and will see how that goes. Got a couple small, cute pots at Gardens, a store in Dallas, that started out of Austin. Nice shop.
A post w/ good landscaping ideas that I like at The Brick House blog.
There’s a definite leaning toward more modern landscape design.
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[via Desire to Inspire, image by Alison Miksch]
The new compost bin that I ordered from gardeners.com arrived this week, it’s the smaller one on the left (I got the old one about eight years ago as a composting promotional giveaway from the city). I moved the toppings from my old compost pile in to the new bin,
Nothing fancy, sturdy, and easy to put together, no nails or hammer or screwdrivers needed, the corners are held together by these metal twirls,
I twizzled it together, then dug a little in to my old compost bin, and . . . that’s some fine looking rot I have there,
