[marmalady]

Cchiu, thanks for the site - all I need are more temptations!!

Isa, At one time I had over 75 bonsai, but after my son's accident, I had no time for their upkeep, and I either sold/gave away a lot, or some died due to neglect, as I had no time or emotional energy to put into them.

I kept a Trident maple, a Japanese Larch, a Korean hornbeam, and a Chinese elm, which were still in their nursery pots. They're all pretty hardy, and overwinter nicely with not a lot of care involved. I just potted all those up and shaped them this spring, and they're doing very well.

I feel like I've just come alive again this spring, now 3 1/2 years since the accident; I can feel joy in the little things like a flower blooming, or a tomato ripening on the vine. It's nice to be alive again!

I haven't done my major garden yet (25 x 25), but have some potted tomatoes - a yellow plum, sweet 100's, a patio and a bush beefsteak, along with some Chinese cukes, and lots of basil, lemon basil, curly mint, chives - regular and Chinese, thyme, oregano, marjoram, and sage.

The lemon balm is taking over the rock garden - have to go do some serious pruning, along with the sweet woodruff I planted about 5 years ago; it's just sat there in the clumps I planted it in for this long, and now this year has overtaken everything in the garden! I'll transplant that into some shady areas where nothing else will grow! Or make a bunch of May wine!