Disturbingly early springtime temperatures allowed early planting this year (daffodils in January? wtf)! Now I'm swimming in all kinds of garden treasures (about 1/3 of them proudly started from seed!). Adam has taken to calling our back porch "Jumanji", to which I reply with a self-satisfied grin.
There have been a few setbacks this year: hail, which crushed many of my tender seedlings and broke my dinosaur kale to bits like a tornado of angry, drunken toddlers, not to mention the has been a slow, non-fatal damage to some plants which were caused by aphids. Oh, aphids. I've never dealt with them before and I hope I never see them again. I'm out there everyday before watering with a spray bottle filled with liquid soap and water, cursing at those evil little beasts. BEASTS!!! *fist shaking in air* I can only imagine what my neighbors think of the crazed maniac on the Jumanji-like porch, stringing together a long line of insults at her plants.
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| Foxglove seedlings. |
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| Hens and chicks that survived the winter. |
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| Eggs with sage and wilted kale and spinach; first meal of the season from the garden! |
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| Gorgeous Dinosaur Kale!!! |
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| A rogue marigold seedling sprouted in on of my old pots, so now she gets her own! |
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| Rosemary topiary (thanks to Gethsemane) and peanuts! |
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| Sedum waging a proud battle against aphids! |
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| Tomatoes!!! |
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| Lavender!!! |
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| Kittens!!! |
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