That was the beginning of July. We suffered through a long, hot month, I got out my pruning shears and hacked the dead stuff to pieces, and now in August we have...
...this!
OK, so I cheated a little and threw away the truly dead stuff around the edges. But look! The snapdragons (the white flowers) are blooming again! The geraniums are STILL blooming!
IT'S ALIVE!!
And so is this stuff:
And so is this stuff:
And even my herbs have survived! Well, most of them:
AND. Remember the sad, sad story of my dill, that was being drowned by the uncharacteristic amount of rain we had in Ohio this summer, so I had to transplant it, and then it ended up looking like this?
Turns out, there's a reason dill was named the herb of the year. See that giant green thing in the corner with the yellowish flowery type things on top?
Resilient little booger started growing all on its own after I moved its parent plant to its eventual death.
And it even has a little brother that somehow made it over to the geraniums!
Curse: Broken! I am the champion! Weeds, fear me! Potted plants, revere me!
Maybe next year I'll try something harder. Like perennials.
2 backtalk:
Beautiful! Way to go!
My basil was awesome and then I kind of just forgot about it and I thought it was done for....and after a good pruning, lots of water, and whispering sweet nothings to it in the evening it is now back!
Hooray! Good for you :)
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