Our studio class this semester has been tasked with creating a micro-landscape which would sit on our desks all semester long. The purpose of the assignment was to teach us how to care for a landscape and care for plants as well as providing yet another thing to obsess and ponder over.
My initial idea for the project was to grow an invasive species that all southerners hate: kudzu. Kudzu is a fast-growing vine that was first introduced for erosion control in the Southern U.S., but has now earned the reputation of growing up to a foot in a day and overtaking houses and killing trees and other plants in its path. The only problem I had with growing kudzu is that it loses its leaves during the winter and is essentially dormant. So, I have to wait another week or so until the leaves have started to re-grow and the kudzu will hopefully be taking over the studio.
While I am waiting for Kudzu to re-grow its leaves outside, I have been planting basil, chives, and oregano, as well as taking in some henbit from cracks in the pavement outside, which will hopefully flower soon.
hinbit planted in the place of the eminent Kudzu for the time being
chives are first to sprout
Wow Petey! You are so green