Trying not to fool around this April...

Yesterday at a baby shower my aunt gave me some resources from her Master Gardner's binder. Perhaps outdated but I'm totally grateful and excited to review them starting now. I will put these in the "Garden Club" binder I'm maintaining at work for the kids. The first document presents information on propagating herbaceous plants from cuttings. * She lives out in Maltby, WA and I visited her home once. She has a thriving garden there. My stepmom and I recieved some herb cuttings.  Thank you for the handwritten note inviting me back to your home, on the cute stationary with flowers, watering can, with a bird perched on its handle. So good.

It's the first day of April, and the kale, asian greens, catnip and sage have been in the ground now for some time. We had a good amount of rain all week  and today is finally sunny. Besides the artichoke, all the plants are looking nourished and happy.

(Catnip! My stepmom asked me why I'm growing it. I've thought about this a little and now believe it's to attract this one particular cat I saw poking around last summer with a beautiful white coat. Come back!)

(Red and golden sage! This woman I went to the plant sale with asked me why I'm growing it and I might as well tell you, it's for biscuits and gravy.)

The next project is to take all the rose cuttings and stick em around the property. I cleared out ivy and need to continue clearing out weeds within the cascading beds, because that will be the best place. Therefore they won't be traveling far from the mother plant. Seems appropriate.

By the way here is one of the mother rose plants 2 weeks after pruning. Do you see the changes??

Ok, ok, it's the differences are subtle... I just have to prove to my roommate I didn't mess up the pruning job... lol.