gardening
So today I dug up a bunch of herbs. Last summer I established a couple different varieties of mint and a lemon balm. I also planted some kind of oregano and a rosemary and a purple sage. I dug the sage and the rosemary and about 1/3 of each of the lemon balm and each of the mints. I also dug up the parsley that may or may not come back. It was great all fall and winter and then started to flower and go to seed so I hacked it all off. It should come back but if not I've got a back up. A few weeks ago at the Tilth plant sale I bought a chive and a new cilantro and a lemon thyme and some other stuff I can't remember and so I will have a pretty rounded out herb garden once I get everything in the ground at the new house. I can't wait!!! I also bought some strawberries that I think I will just put in a pot for this summer (maybe I can get my hands on a half whiskey barrel) and then see what happens. I bought two varieties to see which one works best for the new house's growing conditions.
I also dug up some daylilies I found growing along the fence that separates our current house from the neighbor's yard. They were kinda growing right along the fence, some on either side, so I just dug up a bunch. They were growing underneath a bunch of overgrown bushes and I didn't even know they were there (they never bloomed) so I don't feel bad taking them. I wanted to bring them out into the light of day so we will see if the gardening karma gods look kindly on my plan. I also dug up some of the many many grape hyacinth bulbs and some of the tulips I had planted but none of the daffodils because they were freebies to begin with.

I also got a p-patch! Finally! So I have to start on that tomorrow. It is 200 sq. feet (10x20) of buttercup weeds. I am not joking. If I want to get anything edible or any flowers worthy of cutting out of there this season I have got some serious work ahead of me.

Also, scourge killed what I think was a baby rat today. I screamed, a classic scream, even though I knew it was going to be there because Joe told me. I couldn't help it.

Also, even though the heat has been great, I am ready for it to be about 5 degrees cooler. that would be awesome.