December 2009 Archives

The beautyberry looked a lot cooler in person - the color is dulled out in these pictures.

The first hard frost of the season happened on December 1 at my house.  I think there were probably lighter frosts that took out some of my herbs, but on 12/1 I actually witnessed the frost on the ground and it killed the tulsi. 

But it didn't kill the dill.  I have a dill plant that reseeded from last year, and it survived the frost and is happily going about its business being silvery-green and fluffy.



One morning, I noticed to my horror that there is wire grass growing in the Tulip Fortress.  It appears to be poking through the ring I left uncovered by landscape fabric so that the tulips can grow through it. On top of that fabric-less ring, there is still 2" of mulch on top of the dirt that the stupid wiregrass had to grow through.  I also found a piece growing under the landscaping fabric that I wrapped around the post of the mailbox and secured with a piece of wire.  Argh!  So I guess I'll have to keep weeding that flowerbed.  I was hoping to avoid that.

The fall greens and garlic appear to still be doing well, but I hoped they would be bigger by now.   I'm ready to eat them!

Carrots, taisai (bok choi) and garlic