It’s Something

I'm sure you'll all be pleased to know that I got my pathetic self together enough to box up all of the mugs and glasses I no longer want and put them out into the car port. 

Oh, don't worry.  I still have plenty of mugs in the cabinet.  

More than I need, really, but most of these have some sentimental value -- and some I just like and didn't want to give up, even though I seldom drink from them.  

I advertised the box in three local groups, but so far nobody's bitten.  I'm hoping it's because most people are still at work.  Maybe someone will claim them, because there's some nice drinking glasses in that box.  I'd hate to have to throw them into the garbage.  

On a similar note, my coffee pot has this base that you can remove, and dispense the coffee directly into your insulated mug. 

I used to do this all the time, until I bought my ice maker and didn't have room for the pot any more.  I'm probably going to start doing it again, now that I have my baker's rack.  I showed Cody a picture of it, and he wants to get one for him and Brennan.  He said she's been wanting something like that so they can have some more counter space, so I sent him the link to this one.  

Once all that was done, I went and pulled up all of my dead basil.  For a dead plant, it still smelled really good.  I put it all into the compost, but wasn't ready to stop playing in the dirt, so I transplanted my lemon balm. 

The freeze got the leaves, but the roots are still healthy -- at least they were until I ripped them out of the planter.  In two years, it had grown such an extensive root system that when I tried to pull it out, the whole planter lifted.  I used my fingers to loosen the soil as best I could, but still broke a few of the smaller roots before I could get it out.  I only hope I didn't damage it too much.  

I'm going to give it a few days to settle in, then I'll trim off all of the frostbitten parts and hopefully, it'll come back in the spring.  I'd thought maybe I could get six of these into that bed, but from the look of things, only two will fit.  Two should be enough, though. 

While I was at it, I also transplanted my Greek Oregano.  

This bed wasn't quite full of dirt, and I had to pile it all up on one side until I get some more.  That brick thing is there for erosion control until I can fill the other side back up.  I'd thought briefly about moving the dirt from this planter,

but didn't, because I'd have to buy more dirt to fill this one back up anyway.  So, I'll just buy dirt for the bed, then move my French Tarragon into the other side. 

The last thing I did was to move my mint plant from the pot it was in to the other side of this planter.  

 The label said it was an orange mint, but so far, I'm not getting a hint of orange from it.  I think it might just be plain mint.  I didn't move the peppermint.  I'll just let it spread and take over the entire half of the planter.  I put a plastic divider between the two sides -- right underneath the wooden one.  Hopefully, that'll keep them separated.  

That was the end of my gardening adventures for today -- unless I get a wild hair and go move my Rosemary into its permanent spot.  Might as well...

OK, I'm back and miss rosemary is all settled into her permanent home. 

And my little herb garden is well on its way.  

There has also been knitting, but that update will have to wait until tomorrow.  Right now, I need to go do something about all the stuff on my kitchen counters.  

But I'll probably just sit and watch TV...