Happy Birthday Elijah!
It would be a great mistake to forget a ritual that had started shortly after planting the first herbs. The gardeners discovered very early on the wonderful scents emitted from herbs when crushed between the fingers and it became a habit to pick from each of the herbs at the start of our meetings and rubbed them between the fingers to get the full scent! The peppermint is a favorite.
There was some hard work today in the garden because it was clear that we needed to thin the radish seedlings that had become very crowded. This takes a great deal of patience, sorting through the plants, choosing which to pick not only by the closeness of the seedlings but the hardiness of each plant. We couldn’t bare to simply throw out the plucked seedlings so we attempted to transplant them. At this writing, it is surprising to report that the transplanted radishes appear to be taking hold. The importance of thinning seedlings is that without this step, the plants cannot thrive and the final product will be small or withered. We also began training the peas up their trellises. And because planting is the most fun, we did some of that as well adding to the herb garden. We gave the garden a good, thorough watering which, because it was his birthday, included Elijah courtesy of Shawn.
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