Of seeds and wasps
Mar. 25th, 2007 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daidoji_giseiThis afternoon, for the second time in my life, I was stung by a wasp. I could really have done without the experience, but I suppose I can't complain if it only happens about once every twenty years. There was no malice on my part nor, I suppose, on the wasp's part. I was pulling out some old plastic pots that I had saved from last year, and it had evidently been hanging out in one of them. I was in great pain for two or three minutes, and then it subsided into a dull ache. I can still feel it now, but its not enough to inhibit typing.
In spite of this, I did get a little bit of gardening-stuff taken care of. I planted sweet peas, Tom Thumb garden peas and Purple Dragon carrots in various containers on my porch. There is no point in trying to plant carrots in the ground of my garden, the soil in my back yard is far too clay-ey to grow carrots. I then planted in seed-starting pots broccoli and parsley. I also took slips of my rose geranium, honeydew melon sage and pineapple sage and potted them up. I really liked them as tea herbs last summer, so I decided to grow a larger supply this year.
I haven't yet turned the ground in my small strip of the back yard, but after all the rain I'm not in a hurry for that. Still, if I'm going to get any kale this spring I need to do it soon. On the other hand, spring has been so warm the past two weeks it might already be too late! Also, I really need to figure out where my packet of Bright Lights Swiss Chard went.
Springtime in the garden! Some year I'll draw up a plan in advance, but my current method works well enough for now.
In spite of this, I did get a little bit of gardening-stuff taken care of. I planted sweet peas, Tom Thumb garden peas and Purple Dragon carrots in various containers on my porch. There is no point in trying to plant carrots in the ground of my garden, the soil in my back yard is far too clay-ey to grow carrots. I then planted in seed-starting pots broccoli and parsley. I also took slips of my rose geranium, honeydew melon sage and pineapple sage and potted them up. I really liked them as tea herbs last summer, so I decided to grow a larger supply this year.
I haven't yet turned the ground in my small strip of the back yard, but after all the rain I'm not in a hurry for that. Still, if I'm going to get any kale this spring I need to do it soon. On the other hand, spring has been so warm the past two weeks it might already be too late! Also, I really need to figure out where my packet of Bright Lights Swiss Chard went.
Springtime in the garden! Some year I'll draw up a plan in advance, but my current method works well enough for now.
