In my third garden bed where I planted lettuce, basil and tomatoes, the tiny plants that have sprouted look suspiciously like marigolds, pak choy and sunflowers. I first planted pak choy years ago, my first year gardening, and it did really well. We had a lot of stir fries that year. The pak choy blossomed …
Category: Tomatoes
Tropic tomatoes
As my one current flourishing crop, the tomatoes are getting a lot of gentle loving care at the moment (and occasional random green tomatoes pulled off, care of the toddler). The type that I am growing is Tropic, bought from Green Harvest seeds. This is probably my favourite type of tomato - a big call, …
First tomatoes
Please excuse the slightly dodgy camera phone images but I've decided that if I don't take a quick snap and then upload before I get distracted, then it may not happen. I did have the tomatoes and beans posed on the table last night next to the good camera, but the photo didn't happen, so …
Growing
I did think of a witty pun for the title earlier in the day but I've forgotten it by now. That's the way it goes. I got my garden off to a bit of a late start this year, and grasshoppers took care of my carefully planted on time basil, so we're off to a …
Mumma, Did You Know? 