some velvet morning

Perfect weather for gardening the past few days with the soil warming up. Planted a Marvel tomato (heirloom variety), some Silver Princess corn, pole beans, strawberries, and a pink "Rosalie" Abutilon right beside the front steps. Have some other bare spots to fill in the front so may need to make another trip to the nursery. Also potted up an herb pot (below) with golden sage, rosemary, tarragon, marjoram and an orange scented geranium.

March may or may not come in like a lion but Spring has come to the UK with snow! Note to the weather: you're doing it wrong.




More UK photos here.

I don't have snow to use as an excuse for not getting gardening done, so I'm headed outside to plant out a few things. I already planted a shade container for a corner of the porch with a dark green button fern, a bright green Blechnum fern and a dark purple-leaved sweet potato vine. The shapes of the foliage make a decent contrast too. Probably should take a photo of it soon before it starts looking as sad as some of my other potted ventures.

My mother did an incredibly sweet thing and surprised me this week by sending one of those foldable garden kneeling seats. She said she feels guilty about passing on her arthritic knees to me.