Remember a month ago when we bought all those herbs and the tomato and cucumber plants, with the intention of potting them and having a nice little container garden?

We finally potted them this past Sunday. Yeah, I know. I KNOW. A month! But we were a little busy with the birthday parties and everything.

The good news is that all the plants managed to survive a month of semi-neglect and too-small containers. A few days ago I realized I hadn’t watered them in a while and when I went out to check on them I wasn’t sure if a couple of them could be saved. I watered them anyway, and they were fine the next day. Plants are resilient.

Annalie totally loved potting the plants. She’s always loved gardening. See?

When we were using our hands to scoop soil into various pots, Annalie said to me, “I can’t believe this is the first time I’ve ever helped you plant some plants!” I laughed and told her that actually, she’s been digging in the dirt, planting flowers, and watering gardens since she was old enough to walk. I guess since we didn’t do it last summer, in her mind that means it never happened at all. I had to dig out these photos (ya like how I say “dig out” like I’m rummaging through boxes of photos, when in reality I just clicked a mouse a few times to open archived files on the computer) to remind her of all the gardening she’s done in her short life.

Not afraid to get her hands dirty, this girl.

Annalie was also excited to plant her “bee seeds.” One of her birthday gifts was a kit for growing lavender from seeds. The brand name was “Buzzy” and there was a little cartoon bee on the package, so to her they were bee seeds. It was cute so I didn’t try very hard to correct her.

So…lavender, three kinds of basil, thyme, oregano, garlic chives, tomatoes, and cucumbers. We’ll see how they grow.