Licorice mint, mmmm. I need to find some of that.
I found bee balm at HD the other day. It has a bunch of little plants in the pot. I hope it spreads a bit. Although, I'm thinking the plot/bed for my herbs is too small because some of my herbs grow tall. The lavender I planted last summer is still just a little thing in the corner. It will soon have a lot of company. I'm planning to start direct seeding more herbs around it today. The roommate wants to wait until last chance for frost day, tomorrow, to finish up with the summer veggies. But today is supposed to be warm all day with warm temps overnight. Naturally, I'm not waiting.
I can't work for hours and hours like my roommate can. I have to limit myself to working minutes and taking long breaks. It is just not worth the pain to overdo the working time. I made a pitcher of pink lemonade yesterday that is nice and chilled in the fridge. I think we will polish that off early so I can then make my 1.25 gallon pitcher of sun green tea and add some stevia, bee balm, and lemon mint. Wish the blackberry would hurry and grow so I can have blackberry leaves for my tea also. I haven't had any luck with the canes from Walmart, last year and this year. I thought it would be less expensive than ordering online and paying shipping, but I think I'm just throwing my money away. The quality of seeds here aren't as good as they were in Denver. I keep finding a lot of expired seed packets. Many of the expire dates aren't even legible. I think they are what is killing my germination rates.
Wouldn't you know the marigold germinated in two days! Wish everything would be that fast to grow. I don't really like marigold. I don't like orange flowers. I think these are supposed to be lemon gold marigold and I really hope the garden benefits from them just as much as the orange ones. I don't really like red either, except for heirloom roses. I love pink and yellow and white and blue flowers. Purples are also good.
I'll probably get the Echinacea planted this week. I'm still a bit bummed that the roommate turned over the herb bed because I planted fall seeds there and he forgot because he was so anxious to do something in the fall and again to make me feel better after surgery. When he turned the bed in the fall, I kind of hoped some seeds would survive, but I lost hope when he did it again in early spring - was actually still winter. I don't think he understands the concept of perennials and fall sowing. Naturally, I keep thinking about all those seeds I planted. Money thrown away. The herb bed isn't much bigger this year, but it has edging and a fence that goes around it. I'm planning climbing nasturtiums along most of the fence to give more shade to the garden. The herb bed gets more than 12 hours of sun. On second thought, I don't dare direct seed the bed. I better plant the seeds in something else so I can grow it with a bit of shade before it goes to the baking bed. If it takes a while to grow, I won't have the roommate turning it over.
