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I've dubbed him Benjamin. Ben Basil for short.Thanks for the tips. @MoonstoneMew, no yard here. I'm on the second story in an apartment. I do have a balcony though. I wanted to try growing tomatoes and catnip out there. I'm afraid I'd forget to water stuff that's out there though. That's what happened with the aloe. I'd forget and then give them too much water and they'd turn yellow, then get nice and green again... then dry out again. Basil by the way, is non-toxic to cats. I looked it up since my cat will try and eat any plants she comes across.
Stjarne-what part of MN?! I am in ND. We have been having frequent storms too. Such a difference from last year. It was so dry last year, none of our outdoor stuff did well because we couldn’t keep up with watering. Due to that, I think we will forgo planting much, if anything this year, especially with a newborn. We do have rhubarb, strawberries, chives, asparagus, and raspberries that are perennial. Hopefully, they do better this year. The rhubarb has struggled since we moved here, even with mulching and fertilizer. Didn’t help that my hubby mowed over it the first year (insert eye roll). The raspberries haven’t done much since we transferred them from my in-laws home. The strawberries try but the bugs get to them. One of our apple trees died last year too and our plum trees haven’t done great either as far as production. We tried to redo a round planter area from the previous owners last year with perennial seeds and bulbs but very little grew. It had been choked with weeds, a real eye sore. May have to try started plants instead. My spring bulbs actually came up a little better this year. A few hyacinths actually bloomed!! I am generally discouraged growing stuff here because nothing we plant ourselves seems to do very well. Only some things that were here before do ok like our day lilies (hubby hates them) and peonies. My rhododendron does well but I struggle to keep my hydrangeas alive. It sucks because stuff grew well at our previous home.