Mikey has grown

I went home yesterday and had a moment to inspect the backyard, where the peas (from last year) are covered in bloom and are completely oblivious to the fact that they've gone past their life span (but hey, you won't hear me complaining). The few radishes are done, I think, except for this weird giant thing at the back that might be a left-over turnip from I-don't-know-when that's decided to germinate and grow, somewhat belatedly.

The sweetpeas are taking over the marigolds. And the amaryllis. It needs trimming. Also, weeds are spreading along with lots and lots of alyssums. It's the "carpet of snow" cultivar and seems currently intent on taking over the east end of the garden. Also currently going through invasive growth is, unsurprisingly, my spearmint. The rain's washed it nice and clean though and it looks quite appetizing, so I'm going to trim off a whole bunch and dig up the roots there (when I take a break from my school work later) and limit the growth. The leaves I'll dry and there'll be fresh mint, all around.

I think the lavender preferred drier weather, but oh well, it's hardy, it'll deal.

The stuff indoors are doing fairly well too. Of the three cacti that are left, two are still living. The golden porthos that I've rescued from the dump two summers ago is still...doing it's curly, rambling thing. Mike's grown new leaves that are really large. The old ones are maybe about four inches in length, while the new leaves are longer than the length of my hand, from wrist to finger tip (and I've checked). They look kind of funny sticking out from the thin stem, which is still decidedly more twig-like than tree-like, but I expect some sort of a growth spurt within a year -- or at least, if I remembered to change it to a larger pot.

We still have carnations. They are still growing. They are slow, like the columbines, which I've given up all hopes of seeing them bloom, ever. (They've been there for what, three years?) Oh yes, and there's garlic and green onions, none of which are done growing yet, so I'm leaving them in the ground for a while longer.