Day 27.

Mondays mean plants, gardening, agriculture, and homesteading. First one of the new year! Let's go.

Well, obviously, January is not the best time of year to be thinking about gardens. Except that they do need to be planned out!

See, my girl and I have always kept a front-porch garden, with plants in pots outside. We have a big tub full of vermicompost (which, by the way, is completely full, and is thus resting for the winter!), a small birdfeeder, everything we could need for a little urban garden. This shot is from our spring 2011 garden. Last summer I grew basil, lettuces, cilantro, rosemary, tomatoes, and such. I had some mums this fall, and I got some flower seeds to plant with my girlfriend on our anniversary in August -- if they're perennials (I don't remember anymore!), I'm hoping that they'll pop back up come spring. The only plant which stayed inside all winter was Earth, my little Yule tree. You saw her before, on Yule. I've kept that little tree alive for quite a while! And this Christmas, my Mum bought me a Chia planter for cat grass, for the bun! It's actually oat and wheat grasses combined, but I think the baby bun will quite enjoy her little snack-maker. It came with a cute little Sylvester and Tweety ceramic planter.

At any rate, our upcoming graduation from our college -- and subsequent move -- will make my garden planning more complicated. How do I move a live garden? The compost? Should I limit my pots for the move? Should I plant less? Will moving be too stressful, or will the local flora have a large effect on my garden? I know I can research all of this, but it's just something to consider when I'm planning my garden for this spring.

I do know that I want lots and lots of basil this year -- I want to be able to have a fairly constant harvest. And I need cilantro and maybe rosemary, too. I've talked about growing chives or onions of some sort, and I'd be interested in having a vegetable garden when we get settled in our new home for the summer. I also have plans to plant a bunny garden! Lettuces and herbs and sprouts, maybe some dandelion and clover, in their own pots, and other tasty foods for my bunny baby. I'm looking to grow organic, of course, and most of my plants will, again, be porch plants.

Well, maybe next Monday I'll be more organized about what I'm actually planting and where. Let's hope....!