farmers' market

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We went on a plant-buying mission.

We parked on Ashley. My first house is at the other end of this block of Ashley.

Isn't this a cute little house, with all the yellow doors?





Yellow tulips, to go with the yellow doors.





Tulip.





Home from the farmers' market.

I was surprised to see such fat maple seeds, this early.





This planter has been a good investment. I am not sure when I bought it, but I have pics of my almost-21-yr-old as a 2 or almost-2-yr-old watering plants in this planter. It is still going strong.

Last year we planted basil, oregano, and mint here. I think it's mint that is coming back.





Stuff cleaned out of the planter before I took the above. The brown stems are oregano. Not sure about the pale ones. Weeds, probably.

I have seen lots of birds gathering nesting materials. I hope they will enjoy an oregano-scented nest........





Our plantly purchases.





Basil and parsley join the mint.





We have had sweet alyssum and pink wax begonias in these window boxes many times. We have had violas before, too. Our experiment for this year is the heliotrope.





Alyssum in the corner. In September, when this is full-grown, the front stoop smells strongly of honey.






Begonia.





Viola.

(None of my closeup attempts at the heliotrope were successful. I'll keep trying.)





We also bought a fuchsia to hang over the front stoop. We've been very successful with these, in this location, as long as they get watered. Every. Single. Day.

We probably should have held off getting one until after we get home from graduation.....





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