greenery update
May. 6th, 2002 07:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magid(No, this is not an update about my new green silly putty and all the hand stuff. But thanks for asking.)
Last year I pretty much neglected my porch. It was in shaky condition, and I wasn't sure how many people it could support... So I had it redone (and now I should put sealant on. No idea if this is something I could do easily, something I could do but would hate dealing with, or something I Should Not Attempt Unless I Were a Professional.). And lo, I had guests for Sukkot who did not fall through to the patio below. And it was good.
Somehow, I never did quite manage to take the sukkah down (this is the version 3.0 one, designed by J, very sturdy, rather elegant, in its way). Usually I at least get the s'chach (that would be the roof-like non-roof stuff) down, but I didn't even do that, and the winter passed. And I fell, leaving me with one hand to do any gardening. Not likely.
Friday I came home to find a message from the downstairs neighbor: my biggest piece of s'chach had mostly blown off, was hanging from the top of my sukkah all the way down to the ground (I'm 2nd floor, in a building with high ceilings). I dashed out, manage to haul it all up onto the porch in a big bunch. And I looked around at what I have out there.
I have a slightly flooded container I'd transplanted the chives into at least a year ago, which are now sharing with a lot of clover. (These are the chives that the people-before-me planted in a window box and keep coming back year after year, whether I water them or neglect them utterly. They should use chives in the Energizer Bunny.) The clover is pretty (just greenery, no flowers), and the chives have flower buds on them (Since they're in the onion family, are these scapes, too? I don't know.). They're edible, but prettier if I let them bloom first, a pretty light purple flower that is not so unlike clover, actually. hmmm.
I have the container with the 2 rosemary plants I overwintered last year, but didn't do so well back outside last summer, so I just left them outside this winter, figuring they'd die, but I wouldn't have killed them directly. But they didn't die, though they are rather scrabby-looking (No, I don't know if that's a word. It's what I felt like they look like.). So I figure they might perk up over the summer with decent amounts of light and water.
Over in the corner is a huge plastic container that used to have 3-4 kinds of herbs, all of them annuals, or so I thought. The oregano has made a huge comeback, already filling at least a third of the space. I just cleared out some of the dead wood from last year, and I suppose I'll see how much of the space it takes over....
And I finally took the sprouting ginger that's been languishing in a covered bowl all winter, trying valiantly to sprout with no help from me other than sunlight, and put them in some dirt (the last of the potting soil). I hope this encourages them enough to grow.
I'm pleased with the plants themselves (and should probably pick up some basil, other plants that strike my fancy), but I have no talent at all for making the containers look nice, flow, etc. Garden design is obviously not my forte.
And while I'm at it...
The plants at work will probably be repotted soon. One of my cow orkers got a bag of potting soil and offered me as much as I want, since she needed so little. The rosemary, already looking lovely, will appreciate more room, and perhaps the lavender will perk up; I think it's outgrown the current pot. The chives, which everyone thought were dead & I should get rid of, have sprung back, as green as ever (waiting for me to make salad at work...)
Last year I pretty much neglected my porch. It was in shaky condition, and I wasn't sure how many people it could support... So I had it redone (and now I should put sealant on. No idea if this is something I could do easily, something I could do but would hate dealing with, or something I Should Not Attempt Unless I Were a Professional.). And lo, I had guests for Sukkot who did not fall through to the patio below. And it was good.
Somehow, I never did quite manage to take the sukkah down (this is the version 3.0 one, designed by J, very sturdy, rather elegant, in its way). Usually I at least get the s'chach (that would be the roof-like non-roof stuff) down, but I didn't even do that, and the winter passed. And I fell, leaving me with one hand to do any gardening. Not likely.
Friday I came home to find a message from the downstairs neighbor: my biggest piece of s'chach had mostly blown off, was hanging from the top of my sukkah all the way down to the ground (I'm 2nd floor, in a building with high ceilings). I dashed out, manage to haul it all up onto the porch in a big bunch. And I looked around at what I have out there.
I have a slightly flooded container I'd transplanted the chives into at least a year ago, which are now sharing with a lot of clover. (These are the chives that the people-before-me planted in a window box and keep coming back year after year, whether I water them or neglect them utterly. They should use chives in the Energizer Bunny.) The clover is pretty (just greenery, no flowers), and the chives have flower buds on them (Since they're in the onion family, are these scapes, too? I don't know.). They're edible, but prettier if I let them bloom first, a pretty light purple flower that is not so unlike clover, actually. hmmm.
I have the container with the 2 rosemary plants I overwintered last year, but didn't do so well back outside last summer, so I just left them outside this winter, figuring they'd die, but I wouldn't have killed them directly. But they didn't die, though they are rather scrabby-looking (No, I don't know if that's a word. It's what I felt like they look like.). So I figure they might perk up over the summer with decent amounts of light and water.
Over in the corner is a huge plastic container that used to have 3-4 kinds of herbs, all of them annuals, or so I thought. The oregano has made a huge comeback, already filling at least a third of the space. I just cleared out some of the dead wood from last year, and I suppose I'll see how much of the space it takes over....
And I finally took the sprouting ginger that's been languishing in a covered bowl all winter, trying valiantly to sprout with no help from me other than sunlight, and put them in some dirt (the last of the potting soil). I hope this encourages them enough to grow.
I'm pleased with the plants themselves (and should probably pick up some basil, other plants that strike my fancy), but I have no talent at all for making the containers look nice, flow, etc. Garden design is obviously not my forte.
And while I'm at it...
The plants at work will probably be repotted soon. One of my cow orkers got a bag of potting soil and offered me as much as I want, since she needed so little. The rosemary, already looking lovely, will appreciate more room, and perhaps the lavender will perk up; I think it's outgrown the current pot. The chives, which everyone thought were dead & I should get rid of, have sprung back, as green as ever (waiting for me to make salad at work...)
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Date: 2002-05-07 03:59 am (UTC)Well, that was . . . kind . . . of you. Death by freezing. Nice. ;)
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Date: 2002-05-07 05:23 am (UTC)(