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Thing Two’s garden update

by HML

Thing Two has been very pleased to watch his plants grow bigger and bigger.  He is less excited about the need to thin the plants, as he hates to lose any of the seeds he has so carefully tended.

The mint starts we received last year from Thing Two’s great-aunt outgrew their pots, so this year we’ve moved the mint into small raised beds:  spearmint on the left, peppermint on the right.  The transplanted mint looks rather dismal; while we keep repeating the promise that “you can’t kill mint”, we’re reminded of Jane Austen’s 1811 letter to her sister:

I will not say that your mulberry-trees are dead, but I am afraid they are not alive.

However, today we were relieved to observe several tiny new shoots in the boxes, so perhaps reports of the mint’s demise are exaggerated after all.

We also added a rosemary shrub to our herb collection.  We have been enjoying its fragrant leaves, and our honeybee neighbors have started collecting water from its drainage holes.

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3 Responses to “Thing Two’s garden update”

  1. Mandy
    August 1st, 2010 04:58
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    Golly, some of his plants are nearly as big as Thing two :)

  2. Masha Laurence
    August 1st, 2010 20:40
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    Dear Thing Two,
    Keep up the good work. Those beds look fabulous. And if by any chance your mint does die we would love to send some of ours to you, it has taken over our front and back flower beds.

  3. HML
    August 2nd, 2010 10:54
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    I have enough trouble with plants taking over the yard as it is; that’s why the mint is confined to raised beds. :) Lots of little green dots in the boxes (and more every day) so I think the mint will survive.

    The big leaves are a pumpkin vine. Thing Two dearly hopes he will be able to grow his own pumpkin for Halloween. Thing One successfully grew a pumpkin at our old house from a seedling given to him by his second grade teacher.

    This patio is an eyesore and is too hot for a sitting area, but it seems to be the ideal place for a raised bed garden. A few more boxes and plants, and it will look really nice!