I have a notorious black thumb. My mother wanted to give me a plant for a housewarming, and I had to ask what the plant had done to her?
However, I am trying to fix this, and now that I have a patio that gets a little sun, I am growing some herbs. I bought some starts of sage, thyme, rosemary and onions, and a couple of pots and the helper potted them up for me. I have the sage and thyme in one pot and the rosemary and onions in the other.
The rosemary isn't doing well. Hubby thinks rosemary is indestructible, so I feared my black thumb was at work again! It lays there, anemic and shriveling while the onions quietly expand to block out it's light.
I brought home some live Basil from our local grocery store and decided I would try to plant it with the onions and throw out the rosemary - I'll make a fresh start with an established plant in it's own pot.
When I pulled the rosemary out, it had one pathetic little root that had extended from the original root ball. I put it down and decided to see what the onions were doing. The root ball came out in a very large clump and it looks healthy. Win!
I noticed a few bugs in the pot, which isn't surprising. And a lot of water, which also isn't surprising given our recent weather. Then I noticed something that looked like a rock nestled in the potting mix.
I dug it out and discovered a peanut.
Ummm. What? I'm no expert, but I'm almost positive peanuts are not used as filler...
I pondered the mystery of who on earth would toss a peanut into a pot filled with onions and rosemary while I re-distributed the potting mix. I planted the basil and decided to give the rosemary another chance, so I planted that too. The onion root-ball just fit in the pot I was going to put the basil in, so I'll let that stay there.
After I came back into the house and washed up, my dogs started going bananas at the door.
A fat grey squirrel was digging in the pot with the rosemary and basil, replacement peanut in his cheek...
