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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!
Pruning the Buttercrunch today! Looks like I’m having salad for lunch. With a little spinach too.
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.
An extremely proud farmer of patio carrots.
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?
Garden update!
So the box has been completely turned over to squash and zucchini, and one tomato sucker I stuck in it. Speaking of tomatoes, about a month ago, I was at my parents house, and my dad had plucked some big suckers off his tomato plants. I grabbed three and drove them to the beach. Those things were completely wilted over and on their last leg, but I didn’t give up hope for them. Long story short, look at them in my Home Depot bucket - flowering and everything.
I also have a makeshift propagation corner going on in my kitchen right now. Using some old beer bottles and what I had on hand. Seems to be working just fine.
Living on the coast means you find creative ways to use your conch shells. Gotta make sure my squash gives my little tomato some room to grow.
About a month ago I took some tomato suckers off the ground my dad had tossed out and propagated them back to life. Today I got my first little tomatoes on the plant. Tomatoes are wild. Also, look at those squash babies.
First squash of the summer! A nice summer solstice gift from the squash box.
Dinner from the garden. Tomatoes, herbs, and squash off the patio, and eggplants and zucchini from my old neighbor’s garden down the road. Mushrooms from the farmer’s stand on the island. All coming together with some pasta and Parmesan cream sauce. It was delicious. Who wants dinner?
Summer storms and my little garden are a match made in heaven. Just listen to that sound.
Tried to take a picture of my new aquascaping addition to the patio garden, and I ended up getting a selfie. The summer heat has not been too kind to the garden, but we’re trying to make it through. Then I can replant for the autumn harvest!
Today, I held:
A tiny baby painted turtle who was NOT happy about it. (He was placed back in the pond soon thereafter.)
A handful of cherry tomatoes and peppers from my garden!
Good for the upcoming apocalypse
