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Happy now. Lemon grass, two basils: pineapple and sweet, silver-edged, lemon, red creeping and wooly thymes, lemon verbena, golden and garden sages, French lavender and augustafolia, and two patchouli plants! One of the Russian sages is coming back from the roots, and the oregano and chives are going gangbusters. Now all we need are two or three hibiscus: a double apricot and a scarlet-throated single yellow, and/or a single red. And maybe a wave petunia or two, if I find one I like.

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Sounds lovely. Are the Wave petunias the ones that don't need deadheading? As an adult, I've avoided petunias because just the word brings back sticky-fingered nastiness.

And you've just reminded me that I need to water the basils in the back: I'm picking some to toss into the sun-dried tomato cream sauce we're having on the pasta tonight (fresh mozzarella-stuffed tortellini).

What does red creeping thyme look like? The rest sounds as if it smells delicious!

Sounds absolutely lovely. Pictures?

This spring I've planted parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, spearmint, genovese basil, spicy globe basil, lemongrass, dill and cilantro, plus tomatoes, hot peppers, squash and cucumbers. I already had the unsinkable mountain mint and lemon balm. I wish I could teleport extra plants of those to you. I'm really pleased to have a garden again. Even though the lemon balm tends to take over, I love just smelling the leaves.

Isn't it time to start planning our next get together?

Damn it, woman, I've got four pots already! Don't make me wish I had more.

/whine.

Seriously, I love the combined smell of my herb trough. The only thing I don't have this year is any kind of veggies planted. Hmmm, may call for another trough. No, no! No. Keep saying it, Ellen, you'll believe it eventually.

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