Two summers ago I bought some plants in late September at a local farmers market and brought them home, super excited about the prospect of fresh herbs. Except then winter happened, I went home for a few weeks, yada yada. Basically, they died and I was sad.
I went to the same farmers market this weekend and came home with two strawberry plants and a mint plant.
*fingers crossed*
Lookit the baby strawberries!
From the left: parsley, mint, lavender, rosemary.
When I lived in San Diego I had an epic garden. I started out with the small stuff, just some herbs and a tomato plant. By the time I was through I had several tomatoes, eggplant, bell peppers, butternut squash, cayenne pepper, beans, strawberries, and a bay tree, and then an indoor herb garden of mint, green onion, rosemary, thyme, chives, basil, and chamomile.
Needless to say, now that I’ve finally moved somewhere I’m going to stay for more than six months, I’ve been pining to start a garden of sorts again.
I know absolutely nothing about gardening in New England. Actually, I know absolutely nothing about gardening outside of California, so this will be interesting.
In any case, it’s been four days and so far everyone’s still alive.