Ellie and I went to Portland Nursery today because I was looking for tomato seeds for plants with a determinate habit.  I just want to try a few unstaked this year and let them sprawl on some straw.

The nursery also had a couple of mint plants I haven’t had in awhile so I got those.  When we got back and Ellie saw me pulling out a pot for the mint, she ran in the house to get her gardening book (thanks JL!).  She pointed to the pages on the potted herb gardens and said, “Look, this book will give us devices for planting.”

Devices!  I didn’t want to correct her and suggest the word “advice,” but I did so in an easy way later so that she could clarify what she meant in her own way.

Ellie is very interested in herbs right now.  She’s been making parsley “tea,” and the other night she saved some rosemary in a mesh onion bag to put in her bath.   She still loves eating bitter yarrow.  The children’s herb books I have are still too advanced for her,  but I look forward to having a lot of herbal fun with her as we both get a little older.