Paradise
Saturday, February 4, 2012
First Blog
It's Saturday morning in Indiana, a very wet Saturday morning. I am sitting here with my cup of Jo dreaming of my warm spring garden to be. Because of the warmer temperatures,this spring, we have early daffodils poking up through their beds, some with buds. It has been a strange winter for sure! Our Rosemary plants are growing strong and vigorously. We've often lost our rosemary to the cold. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they will make it, tucked in beds with lots of southern exposure. I've been gardening most of my life and I still feel like a novice at times. Gardening, to me, is an artistic journey and our land is my canvas. I feel so blessed to be a gardener and would love to share experiences with like minds. Here's to an early spring!
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This is great! Please put in writing all your tidbits of information; things that seem matter of fact to you, may be something I've not thought to do. Also, I'm requesting a post topic- how to plan your beds. There's some much complexity choosing plants for color, bloom time, exposure, mature size etc etc...
ReplyDeleteThanks for replying to my new blog! I am new to this but excited to explore all options, so thanks for the advice. Winter is when I begin to plan and dream about my beds. Good weather finds me outside looking around,finding new garden spots, making mental notes and putting thoughts in my gardening journal. In today's blog I touched a little on my rosemary frustration. I adore rosemary, how it looks, feels and smells. I have tried potting and bringing rosemary plants in the house but it is prone to disease and just doesn't thrive, at least for me. Rosemary seems to do better planted in a raised bed, facing south in an area that has northern protection. But in bad winters all bets are off. One winter I had success with my rosemary facing the south but aganist a building. It had lots of sun. I love herbs for their fragrance, color, untility and gumption!! I know that this doesn't answer all of your questions but I can touch on that in a later blog. Seems like I get carried away with thoughts of rosemary. I would like to comment that my thyme, lavender, oregano most always tough it out through the winter. None of these like wet feet! Happy thoughts of spring!
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