return

i met my neighbour finally, after a year and a half of renting this apartment. she is an old woman named antonia and she's going to give me some perennials. we both agreed that gardening is a wonderful thing to do, that it keeps the mind at peace.

last summer i attempted to "grow some stuff" and it went well for the amount of effort i put into it. i ate a lot of lettuce and cherry tomatoes. i planted chocolate mint and spearmint plants that i bought down the street and i put in some gifts from a coworker: a small mountain bluet (centaurea), lemon balm, chives, egyptian onions, fever few and parsley. it's all coming back with the strength of a full season of root systems.

voila:

lemon balm


chocolate mint & spearmint


the mint has come back like wildfire. no holds barred on picking for mint tea this year.

also back are some flowers i guess i seeded last year that didn't amount to anything... THEN. now look:

mystery flowers