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May 12, 2005
Patio Container Garden, Week 5
Here's a partial inventory:
Annuals: Verbena, Dianthus, Impatiens (the new transplants), some other new stuff whose little plastic ID spikes I promply lost
Shrubs: Azelia
Herbs: Basil (two kinds), Oregano, Spearmint, Apple Mint, Sage, Catnip
Vegetables: Peppers, Fennel
Fruit (hypothetically - nothing's very far along): Raspberries, Strawberries, Miniature Orange Tree, Watermelon. (You're not supposed to plant watermelon in a container, but I just couldn't resist. I've got 5 sprouts in one huge container - I'll probably do triage and just keep the healthiest one. )
Cat: Moby
Not pictured: On the other side of the patio, I've planted some lettuce and snap pea seeds. I know - it's probably already too late into the spring, since they're supposed to need cool nights. But I bought the seed packets a month ago, and I figured better late than never.
I'm spacing on the names of the flowering vines Kate picked out. Kate, want to help me out? . . .
Posted by tedf at May 12, 2005 05:06 PM
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The vines are Carolina jessamine and "big pink thing that attracts hummingbirds" (sorry, I have the tag somewhere).
Also, people wanting to copy this garden look should bear in mind that growing their own Moby, especially a specimen as fluffy as this one, is a very involved process; it takes several years, about ten million dollars (seems like), and the willingness to have your earlobe slobbered on now and then. I suggest you ease into it by trying the verbena first.
Posted by: KT at May 12, 2005 05:37 PM
Would love to eat them flowers, flowers what I like to eat, pull they tasty petals off, smash 'em with my white-shoe feets. Bad Jack in NJ
p.s. want to sniff Moby's fluffy tail, too
Posted by: Jack Lewis at May 12, 2005 07:15 PM
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