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Then and now.
A little over a month difference with my herb box! I love watching plants grow. The one difference you will see is that the thyme was replaced with lavender. Soon after I planted the box, I learned that thyme does not like as much water as the rest of these herbs, so I removed the thyme to have a pot of its own. Now the lavender plant is thriving with the rest!
Strawberry Blossoms 🍓
Homemade tomato pie. A South Carolinian favorite. Love using ingredients from the garden.
New addition to the garden today, a Venus Fly Trap! I think I should name it.
Little flower sprouts. I threw a mixture of wildflower seeds out into my waterbed a few weeks ago, and I love watching these little ones grow. 🌱
Today’s meal made fresh from the farmers market and a little from the garden. You can never go wrong with gnocchi.
First pickle of the season! Fresh cucumbers from the farmers market, and fresh dill from the garden!
I love being able to reuse perfectly fine spaghetti sauce or salsa jars from the store, so I love to save them aside for pickling and much more! In addition to some Ball jars I have sitting around too.
Came home after a few days away and noticed my parsley plant was basically gone. Upon further investigation, I see that these caterpillars (aka parsley worms) were feasting while I was gone. I guess they can make it up to me if they set up shop so I can watch some metamorphosis happen. Hopefully I’ll have some Eastern Black Swallowtail friends around here soon!
Late garden update. My garden brought me a lot of joy this summer. Working solely remote with work and online classes to finish my MBA, my garden is what gave me some responsibility out of the house. Even though it was in the backyard, it was still out of my room nevertheless.
After enjoying endless recipes using the vegetables and herbs, it was time to regenerate. The dirt in all my pots, including the plants were placed in the compost today. The compost and the dirt will create some beautiful soil for next season. There were a few herbs that I wasn’t quite done with yet, so they are hanging out on the porch for now. I love how every part of the plant has its use from seed to compost. Nothing goes to waste!
Using the herb garden to do some baking today. Homemade Lemon, Basil, and Rosemary cookies with a lemon and basil glaze.
Today I took on the task of creating my own recipe from scratch using the classic 3:2:1 cookie ratio. Needless to say, this was a success! I’m definitely writing this recipe down.
A few days ago I found this plant nursery that use to be an old cottage, and oh my gosh!!??? The lengths I would go to live like this.
First garden update of the season! These are some of my herbs this year. Hanging in baskets and in random pots. So far so good. My English Thyme is doing wonderfully. I bought it back in September, and it made it through the winter and is continuing to grow now. That was exciting to see! I also got some cat nip growing with some marigolds. Ophelia should enjoy that for sure.
Most of these here are still very young plants, and they will continue to grow! There’s much more going on back there. I’m so excited to share!
Garden update! Lots of growing since my last one.
Figs have been popping up on the tree, I now have some citrus that I’ve added to the bunch. The herbs are doing well, and my leafy greens have been doing so well in the box!
Let’s try this again. Frog in my lettuce.
(Tumblr labeled this as mature yesterday)
Garden Update! My herb baskets have really grown up and are shooting up to bloom for the pollinators to come by. Same goes for my butter crunch lettuce.
I was able to successfully move 3/4 of my Brussels sprouts to individual pots to help them flourish more. And look! I have broccoli and carrots coming in!
The newest addition: squash and zucchini. I’m going to work on building a wire trellis along the fence for them to climb today so they have get big and produce lots of veggies.
I love growing things. Turned this little concrete patio into a very green space - and an edible one too. Now I just need to help eating all of this. Who wants to come chill on the patio?