I’ve decided to try to keep this blog going as a bit of a time capsule of fun stuff that Ilya and I do, to share with our families, and also for ourselves to look back on in the future. Now that we’re well settled into our home, and the wedding hubbub and excitement is behind us, I’ve had the time to get a little more into my garden than I’ve been in the past two summers that we’ve lived here. I find it hard to believe we’re already onto our third summer here! I already had a few perennials accumulated from the past two summers:
purple and yellow columbine
purple clematis
pinkish aster
thyme
chives
I don’t think thyme and chives are actually perennials, but because of our mild winter, they stuck around. On April 5, I excitedly planted the following seeds:
cat grass
plain parsley
basil
lemon basil
green beans-Burpee's Stringless Green Pod, 50 days to maturity (May 25)
sugar snap pea, 70 days to maturity (June 14)
Mammoth sunflower- can be 12’ high!
Burpees Fun 'n Sun Hybrid Sunflower Mix, 4-6' high
In years past I’ve never had the foresight to plant seeds. I would just hear about everyone’s gardens in May and run out and buy a bunch of seedlings because I was too impatient to wait for things to grow from seed at that point. As my mom and many other people may know, I’ve never lost my biology-nerdy, kid-like sense of wonder about watching seeds sprout. I excitedly went outside daily to check the status of my sprouts and watch them poke up from the dirt. I’ll post an update and some pictures as a new post shortly.
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