Spring planting

It's finally warm enough to do more than just keep a bunch of twigs watered! Unfortunately, I lost more than I thought I would over the winter, but oddly enough, a few things came back that I wasn't expecting.

I lost the rosemary, sage, clematis, and all of my fall plantings including a fern and a couple of different grasses. That's a little sad, BUT the japanese maple came back extremely strong. Barb's bonsai redwood was almost a lost cause, but it is super green - it was hard to keep it watered during the winter when it looked like just a stick.

The regular thyme came back which I expected, but I didn't expect to have peppermint. What surprised me most were the two sprigs of flat-leaf parsley! I managed to save those three and set up some basil and tri-color sage.

We've also got about 12 tomato plants - and I'm gonna try to plant a few of them in upside-down containers. We'll see how that turns out.

Here's to tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella all summer long!