Oh my how this month has flown! No real April showers at all. It was overcast in the morning for a few hours today. The cress is just taking off. It looks like cress carpet in the garden. As a ground cover it is great. Edible! It tasted peppery and very sharp. It is great with a good vinaigrette. I only planted a few seedling but they are very invasive. You need to really like it a lot to grow it because it is like mint. It will just spread across your garden especially when you keep your soil moist and if the weather is cool. Once you pull the plant out, it does not grow back because it does not create a extensive root system like the the different varieties of mint. I am really hating all the mint in the garden now. The 4 different types have like all just created a monster root system. Pull out and dig! Throw out the roots....don't compost. They just don't die!
I moved this rose bush last week and disturbed the roots. It had a lot of flower buds on it. Luckily, I did not cause too much shock because it bloomed and the crimson petals looked beautiful .
This is the where the first tomato plant went in today. I dug a really deep hole and added organic fertilizer. Then my daughter had the honor of putting in the plant and filling it up. We took off all the extra leaves and buried the plant at least 18 inches deep. It was ready to go in the ground. The Sungold plant become extremely leggy and unstable. Then we watered it deeply and put a couple of old tomato cages over it. The lemon verbena is taking over as well. The leaves are lush and so pretty.
The David Austin roses are all blooming. I didn't want to make too many cuttings but I had to take some to a fellow gardener's house today. It is such joy to see and smell all the roses. My plot is small and yes I have limited space but the roses bring such delight to the girls when they get a whiff of the heavenly fragrance. I like giving them away as well. I wish I had them earlier in my gardening career. I just need to find a permanent place for them because certain roses can grow in containers and some just won't.
Worms and more worms. My fellow gardener above my plot has a worm bin and he gave me a handful for my worm bin last year. I do have a lot of worms. I am so afraid to put in shovel into the soil. I might just slice some worms in many pieces accidentally. You know when you have a lot of worms it means that your soil is in top shape. Worms make your soil airy and they just leave all their casting to fertilize the plants. You should read more about worms because I could just go on and on about them. I used to keep a worm bin in my apartment for many years.
My favorite garden tool is the Korean ho-mi. I am the proud owner of four. 3 are not made in Korea but this one is. I found it yesterday at this nursery in Tarzana. They always have some old interesting garden tools stashed away in their garden center. One of the guys actually asked me if the ho-mi was made in North Korea. It would have not gotten sold to them if that was the case. Weird question. Anyway, a practical tool for any gardener. The handle is a little aged but I had to get it. My cousins bought a couple for me from Korea but they were not made in Korea. Not that special. This one is!
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