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 …
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, …
Clear blue skies
We've had clear blue skies for all of August so far, which has been fantastic for getting out into the yard, but not so good for keeping plants alive. I've been watering the little seeds that we planted a few weeks ago, trying to encourage them to sprout and grow. So far, some have come …
Felling the giant sunflower
We took down the giant sunflower to make way for other things to be planted in the bed (tomatoes, carrots, basil and lettuce). Once it was down, we could finally measure it properly. Before we were measuring by standing next to it, sticking our hands in the air, and trying to see how much distance …
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 …
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