Herb garden
My girlfriend (and I) decided to start a herb garden. As usual, this remained just a “decision” until last week when we got a chance to see a herb garden at her godparents’ place. After remarking how we’ve been meaning to start one of our own they took us to town into a gardening store and we got ourselves a few pots, potting mix, and some starter herbs and veggies. Here they are in the first morning after we re-potted them:
Lettuces
Above are several types of lettuces … four types in fact. But hell if I can remember them all. I’m not quite sure why some of the leaves are broken. Throughout the week last week I noticed as I watered them that there were quite a few broken leaves. Maybe the wind? We did have some windy days last week.
Herbs
And here we have eggplant and capsicum (aka. green bell-peppers) along with parsley and mint. The eggplant and capsicum will be moved out this coming weekend, time permitting.
Tomatoes and basil
We got a free tomato plant from a good food event at Hyde Park last week and we had also picked-up a cherry tomato plant at the garden shop, and one of the other kit actually came with another tomato plant so we’ve got three tomato plants growing here along with basil as we’re told that ought to keep flies away.
I’ve got visions of the Hanging Garden of Kings Cross (you can think of Kings Cross as a modern day Babylon …) but as I’ll detail in a follow-up post, we’ve ran into issues just this past week and I’d be happy if at least one lettuce survives long enough for me to pick-up some leaves for a sandwhich or salad!
No comments yet.
