Chive Rescue
You see what happened was...
@goldendawne had a really cool post about preparing seeds and I was inspired to get out to my garden and play in the dirt.
I had my cellphone with me and just had to take a photo of the sun on my daffodils. They are blooming way to early. They usually bloom mid March and it is still mid February. The seasons have been crazy the past few years. They bloomed in December a couple of years ago.
In the above picture you can see one of my vertical pallet gardens.
Last year I had salad from it weekly. Sometimes twice a week.
Then what happened was ...
I saw that my Rosemary and Thyme had survived the winter.
I just had to take their picture...
Then what happened was...
I noticed that where there was once parsley, something else was growing.
I posted this photo to facebook and friends said it looked like petunias. I think they are right. Must have been some stray seeds or something.
As I was inspecting the vertical pallet garden, the sun was shining on my chives.
So I just had to take their picture too.
Then I noticed what looked like a small ant hill in the soil.
I scratched the surface and indeed my chives were living on an ant colony!
They needed to be rescued.
I then dug up the chives and ants went everywhere!
So I gave my chives a bath in rainwater.
Then I moved them into their new home....
And watered them well...
And set them in the sun.
I hope they recover. They have very pretty edible purple flowers.
Chives are delicious in many ways. They are not just for baked potatoes.
Thank you for reading my post of my chive rescue experience.
I am hopeful that they will be fine now.
If anyone has a suggestion of how to keep ants out of my vertical pallet garden, please leave suggestions in the comments.
Thank you!
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AWESOME!!! Thrilled that I inspired you to play in the dirt! Felt good, right???
Look at all those greens! Oh yes! SPRING is coming!
It felt good for sure. It is raining here now so I am quite disappointed I can't get back out there again today. I have to work tomorrow.
Yeah, it's pouring here today and melting all the snow- so now it's foggy! Horrible day- kind of brings out a maudlin feel.
I like foggy mornings, when I don't have to drive somewhere. I love sitting on my back porch sippin' coffee and enjoying the moment. I am hoping that tomorrow the soil will be dry enough to play in the dirt again.