The raspberry bush is coming along just dandy.
And the blackberry bush is so pretty!
(Keep in mind that these are the mondo sized tomato cages that the bushes are coming out the top of, not the little guys.)
If you're just tuning in and wondering why we have bushes in the middle of the grass, well, here's why.
And I have an important announcement...
After years of reaping the benefit of the accidental cilantro, it has taken root and is spreading well enough in the edible garden for me to rip it out of the flower bed!!
(I also think I forgot to mention previously that the transplants which I moved to the edible garden were sections of seedling-infested earth I pulled up from the wildflower bed where the rogue seeds had gone mad! This stuff is indestructible!)
Now that area is just wildly taken over by the Daylilies that desperately need to be thinned.
(The cilantro plants were at least as tall, if not taller than the Daylilies! I kept going by and plucking off heads to avoid them going to seed and finally grabbed fistfuls to make cilantro lime rice for 12 people and then...away all the rest of it went!)
I am eager to reclaim that area for wildflowers, so this is exciting news. Also because, I've been so afraid I'll lose this precious cilantro; every new season it was still there seems like a gift!
So the fact that I successfully transplanted this crazy crop and moved it into a much more shaded place means - I did something right!!!
It's a miracle!
It's actually the perfect spot, right behind the grill where most edibles won't grow due to needing more sunlight. But not my wacko cilantro - it apparently grows everywhere!
So win-win - it's growing and it's growing in a spot that would otherwise be wasted. AND I get my wildflower garden back, win-win-win!!
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