Persistence

On Sunday afternoon, I went to the locally owned garden center.  All plants were 30% off.  Yeah, oh yeah!

I restocked my basil and rosemary, since I killed the rosemary.  The basil is limping along.  The original plant that is.  It's not dead.  Yet.  But it isn't thriving either.

So two new hearty basil and rosemary plants.  I also bought thyme.  The boys helped me transplant these babies in organic potting soil, which was also on sale.  The herbs are neatly arranged on our deck table, soaking up the sun.

While I was in the gardening mood, I transplanted a sweet chocolate pepper seedling.  Then I decided to get adventurous and start two more tomato seedlings and one more pepper seedling.  So far, the existing tomato seedlings are thriving.  I'm looking forward to home grown tomatoes for caprese salad and homemade salsa.  I have a recipe for peach tomato salsa that I'm eager to try.

In the process of transplanting, I managed to get potting soil all over my legs and arms.  I'm not sure how I managed to do that, but there it is.  I managed to get four mosquito bites despite wearing repellent.  That's so not fair.

Finally, I rounded out my purchases with some red impatiens and a dragon wing begonia. Very pretty.

I've taken some losses on my herbs, radishes, and onions but have had success with the tomatoes and pepper seedlings.

With gardening persistence is definitely a necessary trait or so I'm learning.