Gardening

[redbird]

I have started gardening here, by planting lettuce. We went over to Pemberton Farms (which is part garden/plant shop and part grocery, and easily reachable by bus from here), browsed a while, and came home with two six-packs of lettuce plants and one pot of thyme.

The lettuces are now in the ground: I put half of them out front, near the daffodils, and the other half in a bed on the side of the house. I pulled a bunch of other plants out of the bed to make room, mostly something with small white flowers on tall stems. I also noticed even more violets in bloom, next to the daffodils in front of the house.

What we really want to grow is herbs, tomatoes, cucumbers, and maybe corn, but this store didn't have cucumber or tomato plants.

We may go back for marigolds, hanging plants for inside the house, or more herbs. I will be stopping in for groceries now and then: their selection includes local apples and a wide variety of bread, and it's handy on my way back from Davis Square by bus.

Comments

[pameladean]

I know you're not in Minnesota, but it's way early here for tender plants like cucumbers and tomatoes, so maybe it's a little early for them in Massachusetts too.

P.

[redbird]

That's an encouraging thought. (I bought and planted the lettuce on the advice of an expert at a local shop about ten days ago, who said she was confident we wouldn't have another freeze this spring.)

[pameladean]

Lettuce and peas can even take a bit of frost and don't mind growing in cool conditions, but cucumbers and tomatoes will basically just sulk if the soil hasn't warmed up yet. So with luck, the place you got the lettuce will have tomato plants later on.

P.