container gardening, finally
May 26th, 2009
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.
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Aww! Sweet Baby Annalie! I love the one with her holding the watering can and wearing the pink shoes. Too adorable! I love the garden pots too!:-)
Oh my, she’s simply adorable. It looks like you two have boatloads of fun planting!
I agree with Kathy, that photo of baby Annalie with the watering can is just too cute!
Haha, look at that big watering can!
I’ve given up on the vegetable garden for this year. It’s too hot to plant anything now, and the fruit trees and berries I wanted need to be planted in Nov/Dec, so that’s a no-go for now, too. I guess I’ll just have to live vicariously through you! :)
Your container garden looks wonderful! Good luck! :-)
Oh my lordy! Those Annalie pictures are precious! The one of her in yellow with the watering can? Her expression is too cute for words.
I am very excited to see how your little container garden goes. This is definitely something KC and I will be starting up when we get into our own place. I want to grow lots of kale and parsley so I don’t have to spend so much at the grocery store on my bunny. (And some veggies for us, of course.)
Oooh makes me want to plant again. Well for a nano second. We don’t have much shade in our backyard and I know that everything will get neglected once the heat hits. We’ll try next year when I’m feeling more like myself.
And the pictures of Annalie when she was younger, adorable. I’m used to seeing the Annalie now, not then. I wouldn’t have even have known they were her.
Yay for gardens! May they grow well… I think it took me a month to finally plant my tomato plants as well….
I planted herbs in containers the other day and thought of you :)
Ooh, good luck with the lavendar. Hands down, that has to be my favorite flower, favorite scent, favorite everything. I hope it grows well!
Awesome, can’t wait to see how they grow.
We just got some Rosemary today, J has been obsessed with Rosemary lately. Then we ran into my Mom at Costco and she had a Rosemary plant in her cart. She hauled J off to the garden center and got him one of his own. Now to add some extra herbs and tomatoes this weekend and we should be set.
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