I took pictures of my herb garden and some of the other greenery around the homestead earlier this evening.
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| Oregano, nice & green & healthy. |
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| Cilantro, just popping up. |
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| Green, furry, fern-like leaves of Yarrow. |
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| Sage |
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| Chocolate Mint |
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| Strawberry blossoms |
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| Arkansas Black apple blossoms |
When I was taking the pictures, I felt kind of morbid. Because this is what I had to do right after taking shots of those beautiful blossoms and greenery:
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| Covering up the herb garden. |
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| Putting tarps over the strawberry patch. |
Tonight we're supposed to hit a low of 28 degrees and Tuesday night is only slightly warmer at 31 degrees. I didn't cover the apple trees, so they'll be on their own. We didn't have a single apple last year and I'm afraid that this will be another apple-less year as well. The nectarines, peaches and pears have already lost most, if not all of their flowers; I'm not sure if that means they'll survive or not. Luckily I procrastinated and hadn't put the vegetables in the ground yet so I just moved the flats into the garage.
Everything in the herb garden pictured above came up from last year. I was certain that our horribly cold winter would have wiped everything out, but they must be real troopers. I just hope that the new greenery on them can survive the freeze.
I'm not pulling the tarps or buckets off the plants until Wednesday morning. Hopefully Wednesday's post will be titled "They Made It!" and not "No fruit this year".
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