Hi Everyone!
Yesterday and today are really beautiful days. No wind, no rain, just sunny days. Still a bit chilly but I will take sunshine any day.
With the help of Mr. M. I pulled a few herbs plants from my back yard to the front deck. As I have mentioned before I won't be able to garden this year but I do want my herbs to thrive. They made it through a cold winter.
This is Lemon Thyme. I have already harvested some.
This is Lemon Mint. Harvested some of this too.
This Lavender plant is doing well
Already blooming. 
This is garden Lupine. It is considered an herbaceous perennial plant but not culinary. I just think it's pretty. When it blooms I will show more photos.
This is another Lavender. Spiked Lavender or sometimes referred to as Portuguese lavender.
I have other plants on the deck but they need some work to make them presentable.
I just might sneak over to the nursery and get some vegetable plants to go into the big garden. I don't have to lift, or bend, or do anything to hurt me. Mr. M. may not be too happy........
but I can sweet talk him. 😁
Are you growing a garden this year?
Nicole
No veggies for us, but herbs for sure.
ReplyDeleteYour plants look beautifully healthy. We grow herbs, mainly to attract insects, though we do use them for food, too. It's chilly and grey here but dry - for now!
ReplyDeleteBom dia minha querida amiga Nicole. Confesso que muitas dessas plantas, eu nunca ouvi falar. No estado de São Paulo, tem uma cidade chamada Cunha, na divisa com o estado do Rio de Janeiro. Lá produzem, sorvete de lavanda. Fico triste em saber, que você, não poderá cultivar nada nesse ano. Aqui onde eu moro, temos algumas plantas: dois tipos de hortelã pimenta e alfavaca. Aproveito para desejar um excelente dia de sábado, para você e todos os seus familiares. Grande abraço do seu amigo brasileiro.
ReplyDeleteOh, these sound yummy!!! Yes, just yesterday I got some soil, sunflower-seeds, Kresse, uh and some other herbs! Just a tiny balcony here...
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear you're enjoying a lovely weather in your special corner of the world. I know that rain is common on the Oregon coast, particularly from November through March.
ReplyDeleteInformation I didn't know about Portuguese lavender. I also like your lemon mint plant. I'll look for it here.
I love having herbs too I have always had a veggie garden until we moved to the lake house-the chipmunks and squirels eat everything here as do the deer that walk through sigh I had thought of a small greenhouse but we don't have a spot for one. and we do not have a farmers market nearby-one of the reasons I decided to try out freeze dried and so far I love those.
ReplyDeleteI need to get some perennial herbs that I can use for herbal teas. I would need to find a mint that is non-invasive. Some plants just take over in this climate.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely is the garden there and the lavender, all looks very nice and healthy.
ReplyDeleteNo garden for me but I foresee some farmers markets in my future!
ReplyDeleteWe just have a few flowers.
ReplyDeleteYour herbs are really thriving. I like to grow herbs on my patio. I got home too late in the season from Florida to Pennsylvania to pick up any plants to grow. This year I asked my son to get me some now whenever they are available and take care of them till I get home in Mid May, so I'll have them this summer.
ReplyDelete...green is a fabulous color to see!
ReplyDeleteYou have such a green thumb! Lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteNot surprisingly, your herbs are FAR ahead of ours and it's lovely to see. Beautiful pix and glad you are feeling well enough to be out there!
ReplyDeleteThey look great and are doing well. The last few years we've not had much success with plants as the weather has been really wet during summer! :-D
ReplyDeleteThat's so nice. Our little garden area was dug up by maintenance, and they put rocks over it. We aren't allowed to have one out here now.
ReplyDeleteYour plants look very healthy.
ReplyDeletePlease do take care though and do not overdo it.
My good wishes.
All the best Jan
Boy, I don't know where you live, but your plants and flowers are way ahead of mine. Mine are just beginning to break ground. I know it is hard to limit yourself (though you really must), but thankfully you have your art which is not physically challenging. Managing a few plants on the deck should be enough for you to do and from the look of your plants, they seem to be able to manage pretty well on their own :)
ReplyDeleteYes I garden, but I only do our flower gardens. My Dil is the farmer in the family and grows all sorts of vegetables. And we have a lovely and very fruitful Apple Tree in the front, so we do pretty well when it comes to home grown food.
Hope you are feeling better and I get why you have to draw limits ... just do what you can and make sure you save time to do what you want :)
Andrea @ From the Sol
And, by the way, I posted Sunday in the Art Room before I came over here, so what do you want me to do with it ?
ReplyDeleteAndrea @ From the Sol
Sweet friend Nichole,you have such nice collection of beautiful herb plants and as you say you harvested some of them already,this sounds cool 👍
ReplyDeleteI think if you are forbidden to lift or anything that can be dangerous for your health you should be careful with this dear friend 🙏
How nice Mr M. Helped you in taking weeds out ,wishing you best of luck for everything you are doing ♥️🙏