And the garden grows...

I headed over to Native Nurseries today to check out their Organic Day workshops; saw a few friends—Herman and Louise of Turkey Hill Farm and Cynthia at Ladybird Organics—and a couple of faces I didn’t know. This latter fact made me the most happy, as it seems that the organic movement, though more complicated now than it was ten years ago, is gaining converts at an amazing rate.

I bought a couple of new plants for the Spirit Garden, too—an O’Toole’s Anise Hyssop and a red Bee Balm. They’re both spring and summer bloomers, and so are at the end of their showy cycle, but they are also both perennials, and so will hopefully just make themselves happy in the garden for the long term. I made a kind of mental note last year to start thinking long-term for the garden when I realized that it was pretty hard to maintain annuals and vegetables without a continuous presence. The herbs and flowers that are there now seem to really make sense.

I put the two new plants in the long bed near the main path, which is pretty near full now. I was thinking of starting some nasturtiums to fill in here and there though (because what WOULD I do without my favorite cool weather lovely?).