Salvage Heart

Here in the Northwest, our mild climate allows us to maintain some semblance of garden year-round.

Except, in my case, during the spring. Or early summer, for that matter. I mean, we put plants in, but they just didn't take. Is it a garden when you have two cilantro plants and one six-foot purple fennel that wintered over?

So, here we are, green tomatoes in mid-August, the cilantro gone, the basil barely hanging on, strawberries still occasionally forming and rotting.

I mean, the zucchini hasn't even gotten going.

So to the left, a map I made of the replants done this past weekend. 'X' marks existing plants. Three days later, the lettuce, arugula, and basil have all sprouted. The rest gets two weeks, and then I'm going to start midnight-gardening with a bucket full of Miracle-Gro.

And yes I amended the soil. The whole thing is a little embarrassing.

Labels: food, gardening, Portland