Student SPHere 2008-09

This past week was full of plants and flowers. The trees everywhere are full of leaves, the crab apple trees are smelling heavenly and the dandelions have already sprouted.

We stopped by the Friends School Plant Sale on Saturday to pick up some herbs. For $27, we got two sets of basil plants (four sproutlings to a set), one lavender plant, one rosemary, one oregano, one thyme, one mint, two types of tomatoes, and two succulent plants. While it was too crowded for my liking, the plants were pretty cheap and it's for a good cause.

The student volunteers were charming. We got our plants totaled by a very serious-looking elementary student, who tapped away at his receipt calculator and then gravely handed us the bill.

Basil

Bloody butcher (tomato)

Mint

We also grabbed a few succulents. Haworthia attennuata.

Woolly rose. It's WOOLLY.

Yesterday we put them in containers. It looks really great and I'm excited for fresh herbs and tomatoes this summer.

I'm postponing my thesis work until after finals. I look forward to being able to focus on just that. It's been somewhat stressful trying to juggle school, work, and thesis. This summer I will also be working on a paper at the Humphrey examining urban health penalties. I'll get a chance to work with GIS data, which is exciting.