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Do we dare to garden?

by HML

This year has gone down in Seattle history as the year without a spring:  relentlessly cold, dark, and wet, even by local standards.  Our rosemary plant didn’t survive the winter, but the mint and chives not only survived, but are flourishing, giving us hope for Thing Two’s third summer garden.  (A note to our nearby friends:  if you’d like some mint for your garden, we have plenty and would be happy to share!) We’ve been carefully nurturing some tomato seedlings inside, guarding them from the cats who thought they were a salad.  Finally we had a little sun, and that was enough for us to get to work.

Thing Two planted only a few things today: he added some basil and carrots to the tomatoes.  We’d like to build another raised bed this year, and replace our rosemary shrub.

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One Response to “Do we dare to garden?”

  1. Valerie
    June 3rd, 2011 13:12
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    The triumphant planting picture is adorable. Good luck and may it be a fruitful garden year!