It's a grey day here in Seattle. In fact, it's been so miserable, weather wise, that I decided to bring the basil inside. It was looking a bit peaky and faint. I think we'll have to harvest it soon. The seasons are changing.
If the weather runs true to form, we'll get a week or so of sunshine between now and the fourth week of September. Kelley's birthday is almost always sunny. My birthday is almost always windy, grey, and wet. Fair? Not even close--but I'm above all that. I have a nifty umbrella the colour of the sky on a deep summer's night, and covered in stars. Take that, weather.
As soon as the sun starts shining again, I'll transplant the perbs I'm hoping might manage a winter transition in this climate: thyme, marjoram, chives, sage. The dill will be harvested for sure. The basil's fate is already sealed. (We have a lovely salad dressing planned.) The parsley--I haven't decided. The only herb I'm confident about is the sage. It radiates robustness. It sits in its pot looking sturdy and sure. It better not be bluffing.
For those who need more than plants, I have two links to keep you going.
One is the Sterling Editing roundup of nifty articles for writers, including advice from William Gibson and Alice Walker.
The other is the LA Times article about the unconstitutionality of DADT. It's going to get interesting pretty soon.
Have a lovely Sunday.
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If DADT isn't repealed, it needs to apply to all sexualities. I think heteros in the armed forces would decry DADT as unconstitutional if it applied to them. No pics of family or sweetie on your desk, no taking sweetie to formal functions, and no wearing a wedding ring would greatly change hetero military life. Sometimes experience is the best teacher -- in the DD world it's called a "natural consequence". If DADT isn't unconstitutional, then there's no reason to not apply it across the board.
ReplyDeletePlease feel free to send me some of your grey, blustery days. It's been sunny and baking here which is nice, but I long for a change.
Change over of season here too, finally coming out of winter and getting some slightly milder days, though still blustery & wet. Your parsley will live for 2 years (biannual0 then shoot to flower and drop seeds in the garden (or pot) for you. The seeds will germinate really well if there's a woman in the house who wears the trousers... Dill is an annual; basil is really tender, doesn't like getting at all close to frost and also an annual. Your other herbs should survive the winter - I hope they do anyway.
ReplyDeleteI have some bags of sheep & horse manure ready to form the base of a new veggie garden here. It's taken ages to dig out the weeds - some kind of arum lily related plant.
Hope the sun shines for you soon.