Soooo, I got some grow bags.  They seem like they're going to work very well, but they are not pretty.  I mean, it's a cinder block wall, so it really can't look worse, but, yeah, it's just a big black pile of plasticy felt.  Filled it up with regular potting mix, 2 strawberry plants per pocket, and some of the Thunburgia seedlings I started forever ago.  They look SAD!  They are not nearly as green as they should be, and leggy as fuck.  So, if they die in there, I won't be surprised.  I don't know if they'll get enough sun?  like, 5 hours?  6?  It's on the outside of the patio wall.  I got a vertical one for the inside that will just be flowers, I think.

Raised Bed Time:  Drake took me to Home Depot in his fun new truck, and helped me carry a fuck ton of garden soil in, to put in the bed.  (Garden Soil is WAY heavier than Potting Mix)  Fuck Ton = 5 cubic feet.  I thought I was going to need more, but after getting two of the 2 cubic feet bags into the cart, I was like, absolutely not.  5 pretty much did it, although I may need another small bag later.

Like a dummy, I had started the early Spring veggies already, although later than I should. (DBNY- start that shit in like, February)  But more importantly, I hadn't put any soil in, so they'd started to grow about 6 inches lower, and I pretty much had to bury them.  I left a little space for the radishes, because they were actually growing, and they seem like good kids, and it's not their fault.  But, in three weeks, I'm throwing another bag of dirt on em either way, and planting basil in that spot.

After spending a shameful amount of time drawing to-scale-kind-of diagrams of my raised bed of graph paper to try to work out the best plan, I think I finally committed to one.  It was kind of dictated by what trellis sizes I'd bought.

Chives came back beautifully from last year.  I planted the Swiss Chard, Parsley, Cilantro, and Thyme.  I'd like to add another Thyme and another Cilantro.  The space where the radishes are now will be the Basils.  I want pretty much as many as I can fit.  I should definitely not plant any Basil until the weekend after Mother's Day (May 17th).  

The front bed looks so sad!  Liriope is all shorn and stumpy, just a few scant Daffodils.  I guess we need some evergreen perennials in there?  It just looks like such shit.

I decided to plant the Rosemary in its own pot, between the compost bin and the air conditioner.  It gets butt loads of sun, the container will drain well, and it will be pretty well protected from cold winds later on.  I want a perennial rosemary bush, goddamn it!  I also really want to get more Creeping Phlox,  make a nice border with it.