Planting Day
Time for additions to the patio pots.
I was late on my tomato planting. Usually it gets done by mid-May, but this year here it is almost July. Oh well, we say here that summer begins the day after the 4th of July, so I guess I’m on time. I had a whole bunch of snapdragons that returned in force this year for early color. I also had returning peppermint, no surprise.
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I am giving bell peppers another chance. One year I got just one tiny one, but maybe this year will bring a ‘crop’. My color addition begins with the bright conflower, to be joined by petunias shortly — they are always amazingly prolific.
I found a couple little old favorites I couldn’t resist — rosemary and lavender. When I had a yard to fill I had two bush size rosemary plants and wandering Spanish lavender, as well as farm sized Provence lavendar plants. Now with just patio planters my buying is reduced, but I found a place for them. Aromatics are a joy.
I am hoping that I am not too late with the tomatoes. Nothing is more luscious than home grown tomatoes straight off the vine. More pictures to come later in the season.
