Vera everything looks great. You can tell you work hard and long. Nice garden.

Paula

Vera so nice! I love the pics

I could use some of that Thyme in my gardens :)

Does it spread quick? I may have to try it.

Karen

Thanks,

Karen,

German Winter Thyme is not a "creeping Thyme". It is an upright clump forming plant, however some lower lying branches can root where they touch the soil. Of course this make propagation by layering pretty easy :)
I do have Thymus serpyllum (Mother-of-Thyme) and this one is a quick spreading creeping thyme. Both were were wintersown 2003-4. A pic from last June 7th:
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Vera, I just planted out two Clemson okra seedling a few days ago too!
(I have 2 more that I stuck in a pot until I can find a sunny spot)

Love your pix!

Thanks ajpa :)

I hope for better luck this year with Okra. The first time I tried 'Cow Horn' and last year 'Clemson Spineless', but plants never amounted to anything despite the summer heat. I was removing the black plastic and mulching with straw. What I think was going on was the straw mulch was keeping the soil to cool. This year I plan to keep the black plastic in place all year. I do have straw over the hills of soil around their bases to prevent the soil from crusting; overall the roots should still benefit from the heated soil. Plants prefer soil temperatures upwards of 90F

Vera

Great pics Vera,
Love your gardens. I have some huskers red and can't wait to see it really take off.

Vera, that second pic of thyme was so pretty also...

I have some of the creeping type. the other you have is nice lower but not too tall and would look good in the front of some of my taller stuff.

I just love your pics!!

Karen