dw went out to my herb garden last week offering to help clean it up to get ready for this year. i was shocked when i went out to see all that remained was half of my my rosemary bush and a few tiny parsley and chive plants.
the rosemary took a beating in that last, heavy snow storm, snapping it in half.
i had beautiful sage and thyme plants that apparently bit the dust this past winter, too. it's depressing to see almost the whole herb box, about 3 feet by 10 feet, bare to the ground.
oh well, i'll amend the soil and start over.
i'm on vacation next week, so i hope to get the veggie garden tilled, and spinach, arrugula, radishes, turnips, mesculun mix, romaine, snap peas, and snow peas in the ground, leaving wide rows unplanted in between.
then, some time in may i'll fill the open rows with tomatoes, bell and various hot peppers, zukes, cukes, sunflowers, stringbeans, eggplants, and maybe pumpkins.
i found 2 kale plants actually survived the winter, so i'm not sure if i'll harvest them for soup soon, or let them bolt. it will depend on a taste test.
also, clumps of chervil have survived around the base of my solitary grape vine; i may just let them go and see what happens.