I think this was my favorite Mother’s Day ever. I wasn’t sure it was going to get better than breakfast in bed, especially after the kids joined me. [The iFarmer is too good to me.]
But I was pleasantly surprised that Future Farmgirl showed her true colors and green thumb today. She was more than eager to accompany me on my first visit to Good Earth Greenhouse & Cafe in River Forest.
I rewarded her gardening curiosity by giving FFG her own flower beds. Our eyes were a little too big for our yard space, so we have a few extra trailing and dwarf snapdragons. But the rest of the yard looks fantastic. We have hanging flower baskets and flowers all over the place. Best of all, we now have our backyard veggie garden stocked. And, this year, instead of annuals, we put rosemary in the terra cotta planters.
We probably over planted the raised bed. I’ll thin and move plants if it gets crazy. For now, here’s what we have:
Tomatoes (both cherry and golden)
Jalepenos
Parsley – Italian and the crinkly kind
Cilantro
[Just now doing the inventory, I realize that I forgot the basil. What was I thinking?]
We also trimmed up and fertilized our perennials:
Chives
Savory
Oregano
Thyme (two varieties)
Oh…and shallots that I keep forgetting about.
The only thing left to do is plant the sunflowers and weed.
When we finished, FFG and I laid out blankets and took a siesta on the grass, admiring our handiwork.
Photo of flowering rosemary plant from geishaboy500’s flickr stream.
Virtual Farmgirl 