The Changing Garden

The weekend, while fairly cool, was sunny and breezy. So, of course, I spent most of it outside doing gardening preparations. I've decided to dismantle my herb garden. Since I'm doing so much companion planting, the herb garden is redundant not to mention quite sparse. One less garden to weed is always a perk. I began work on the herb garden by transplanting the big, bushy mint plants to line the dog pen fence. They look quite nice there, with my moms' peonies nestled in between them. Mint has a habit of overtaking a garden, yard, neighbourhood, etc. Now the lawn mower will be able to keep the invading mint army in check. I've moved my sage, comfrey and oregano into the butterfly garden. With the exception of planting Calendula, the butterfly garden is completely perennial now.

The butterfly garden has a couple of other changes as well. I gave up on the stone path and covered it with wood shavings in the hopes that the weeds will finally give up. Hanging above the garden is a humming bird feeder. Suspended above the garden, it's a bright red beacon bobbing gently on its branch. The hummingbirds are steadfastly ignoring it. I'll give it a bit.

I was very happy to see that my lavender plants made it through the winter again. Lavender is one of my favorite herbs; whenever I weed in my lavender patch, the plants thank me by perfuming the air with a scent that is both calming and reminiscent of my paternal grandmother's house. Nanny liked her lavender. I'm debating whether to put the parsley in the butterfly garden or just plant it in the veggie garden. I will likely do both. Parsley can come back every year but in the veggie garden it is an iffy proposition because of the roto-tilling in the spring. So if I have a bit in the butterfly garden, I know it will survive.

Now to start on the main gardens! Whoot.