Lovage

I shouldn't have worried that the second plant was not up yet- it is now! I put some in deviled eggs today.

I cut back the rue and scattered its trimmings in places I want the deer to stay away (in case the pungent smell actually helps with that). Two of the cuttings I moved in past years are still here- but all the small ones I put on the second sideyard didn't make it through winter (or even fall, now that I think of it). 

There's a few small seedlings under the parent plant that are starting their second season now. I think this coming fall or next spring I will move them to a new spot.

Rhubarb is bigger! Maybe this year I will cut some for a pie.