The three bottles I put in the kitchen window nearly a month ago (with herb seeds) never came up. The window side of each is growing green inside, but no herbs came up. I'm disappointed, but not altogether surprised.
Tony has challenged me to a Rosemary contest. This will be year five of me trying to grow it from seed, failing, buying it from the nursery, limping it through the summer, and never getting a harvest. He thinks he can do better. So I welcomed him to it. If I win, we're still in the same position. If he wins, we get fresh Rosemary. Not a bad deal either way.
I did get the last of the winter sown containers moved. The last batch I had set outside the side door, and then we had a good thaw so they were sitting in water, then a freeze, so they were pretty much glued to the ground. I was able to chisel them up and move them to the South side of the house with the other containers. I figure it's a better location and offers more sunlight.
I know I've got a pink blueberry bush and a white blackberry plant that will be coming in April or May. Perhaps one of those would be a good option as a memorial plant. Otherwise, we're planning to get some apple trees too. That would be a lovely way to memorialize them in a way that isn't likely to be disturbed. Otherwise, flowers could work too. Something perennial. Maybe some daylilies or irises.
Since Rosemary's passing, Floki seems to have largely abandoned Sage now. I keep finding Floki curled up with the other adult cats, with Sage all alone on the floor. If this behavior continues, and we have to pin her down to get her to feed Sage, then Tuesday I will have Tony pick up supplies while he's in town and I will just have to commit to raising Sage by hand. I hope she can hold out that long.
This evening I started my next purse project. This one for #1. She wants a purse in the blue/grey variegated yarn that is a little wider and deeper than my own purse, with a cross body strap anchored all the way down the sides to the bottom for full support, and a flap with button and loop closure like #4's that I finished yesterday. As I'm started to crochet it up, the design it's making is actually quite pretty. I am looking forward to seeing how this one turns out!