I pick it myself, too. There's a lovely patch rather close to where I live. Goes so nicely with easter eggs!
Last weekend, I also brought home some seedlings which I planted in a shady patch in the garden. I hope they'll like it there!

And this reminds me of my botany professor at university (I studied Agriculture for one semester) - talking about the substances that are contained in the genus Allium (garlic, onions etc) and what uses they have. His last remark was, "But in my opinion, their most important property is that they help against vampires."
Undoubtedly the most popular professor - quite difficult to get a seat in his lectures. I usually sat on the stairs.

We have conifers (the one we Dutchies call by that name), an apple tree and roses. I have no clue what else is in the garden.

Yalahii.

Taking pictures will have to wait a while, we're a bit busy now. ;)

yalahii.

I have finally caught up with my gardenwork - all that needed to be sowed is sowed, all that needed to be planted is planted. Though there are a couple of seeds just waiting for next weekend.
Just in time, too.
Now, what remains to be done is telling my mother what she needs to water while I'm away - and it's a LOT!

And, as the tree nursery guy advised me, I am now using shredded horns/hooves as fertilizer (in addition to a lot of mulch - open, dried up ground just makes my hear ache!). Smells lovely. Just like the jar in which I kept my snailshells (which I used to collect) when I hadn't noticed that there still was a snail in one of them.

So, since I've already delivered some tulips over at Infinity's, I might as well put up some pictures here, too...

here's my newest little darling, which started to bloom while I was at school - as did the apple tree..
This is what the front garden looked like about 2 weeks ago, and here's the patch under the elder, which has become quite pretty this year.

*starts building a shrine to the weather gods*

we need some rain, PLEASE! Yes, the sunshine is very pretty, the warmth is very nice, but it's so dry! (And besides, rain'd make being locked up in school a little more bearable).

*curls up on the dry ground and weeps*

we need some rain, pleeeease!
I don't think we've had more than 3 days of rain this month - and even then, it wasn't much, can't have been more than a millimeter, the ground was hardly wet - it was as if the sky was mocking us.
It breaks my heart to see everything so burnt and dried-up. There are places in our garden where the grass has just turned to hay. I mean, I can water my vegetables and flowers, but think of all the fields, the meadows, the forests... I can't bear it.

I swear, when it rains - when it really rains, not just one of these little drizzles - I'll go outside and dance in the rain until I'm sopping wet! (Unless I'm at school and it rains during the night - I can't get outside then because the doors are locked. Although - no, I will not climb out onto the roof of the entrance hall!

Oh, please, please, rain!

Despite the lack of rain here, the plants are holding up pretty well. But that's probably due to our high ground water level. I've been watering my plants every night lately. The plant that I think is a grape has really been booming since I started it. (And also a lot of other plants that I think are probably weeds.)

Yalahii.

Magpie - yer have to dance around the backyard in yer knickers to get it to rain.

It's raining, it's RAINING!

I was on my way to bed, closing the curtains, when I saw raindrops on my window! I actually jumped half a metre into the air, I was so happy!
I had almost forgotted what rain sounds like.

And yes, I know - I promised - but it's 1 AM, I think the dancing-in-the-rain-until-I'm-sopping-wet will have to wait.

*dances with joy nevertheless*

i prefer my parent's garden for rain-dancing:D

question:how long does it take herbs(chive,basil and parsley to name them buggers)to be fully grown,so i can actually use them for cooking?they look like they did on their third day of growing and have not changed so far(two weeks ago)

from seeds,yeah

alright then,no need to worry i think

@nutters:we're the best:D

I bought my first spring flowers: Three calibrachoa.

Pretty sunset-colored flowers. :)