Greetings and welcome to the lovely land of lycanthropy, the wonderful world of werelynxing, magnifico mundo del Marko! Or, if you prefer, welcome to my little patch of dirt, my usual bit of Friday-flavored, modest, fuzzy open thread. The last couple of weeks there have been some extra days spent out in the country and I've been taking advantage of them to finally get the garden planted.
Last Saturday, Mrs the Werelynx, Fabulous Mother-In-Law and I went to our local baroque hospital complex to visit a gardening market in the courtyard.
I only bought one little bi-colored thyme plant and a couple of cacti— and some mini-donuts, syrups, bread sticks, ice cream …
The black currants seem to be doing well back there. In the triangular planter box are cherry tomato plants and a single eggplant (gifts from a neighbor back in the big city), plus some basil that's looking rather sunburnt. In front of the box is a row of small pepper plants of unknown variety. They're also gifts from our neighbor. Then to the right there's a little wet mound where I've planted a couple zucchini plants that I'd started at home. To the right of that is a long dark patch which is five rows of sweetcorn. Tucked behind the corn, next to the big currant bushes is a low mound where I’ve planted a few butternut squash seeds. In front of the corn are three little tomato plants (again, that amazing neighbor!) Let me see, the middle and leftish dark patch is made up of rows of carrot, parsley root, peas and radishes (some of the latter two are peeking up on the left) Then it’s mostly onions in the foreground and part of our ready-for-harvest rhubarb patch.
Bushy lemon balm in the foreground, row of chives along the paved path, winter onions behind that. The white posts mark a patch of tiny garlic plants. A few more winter onions and then a patch of very young, proper yellow onions looking a bit like grass. Against the picket fence I've got three more little mounds with zucchini (just seeds awaiting germination at this point). What else? still low lovage at the right side of the rectangular planter. The big bushy bit in the planter is a couple of sage plants. The front edge of the planter has three types of thyme in it, including my new little golden one. And there are two chili pepper plants of unknown variety— ah, that neighbor, what shall I give her as thanks?
Today things are looking a bit less weedy.
I've also got a mound of compost set out in the yard and surrounded by four short bits of wooden fence, I planted five pumpkin seedlings in it and already lost one to slugs.
We took a little trip into town today to drop #1 Son off at the bus stop and then went for a walk around town.
Tomorrow we head back to the big city for a very busy week. My poor garden!
Thanks for stopping by.
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