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| feverfew, a fairy plant |
This morning I cut back some of the plants in my garden that had gotten a bit wild. I trimmed the red rose geraniums, pruned the locust tree and snipped off the dead feverfew flowers.
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| the sunflowers are getting strong and tall |
All of that is now piled on the compost heap. I dug a hole in the middle of it and dropped in my melon rinds, coffee grounds, carrots peels and other produce discards that I had collected in a tupperware container. I really think that compost and mulch makes a huge difference in the garden. Everything is so green!
I went searching for a small chili pepper plant that I put in the ground last month. At first I thought that the rabbits had chewed it to the ground. But then, hiding behind the four o'clocks, I found it! I was amazed to see that some tiny fruits had formed. They are so special. I love their shape. I am thrilled.
There is something magical about growing a variety of food that you have never grown. It brings out the child in us.
How is your garden doing? (if you have one.)
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Yes I too agree about magic and growing things. Sigh. I do miss my old garden. How wonderful that so much is springing forth, and congratulations on your tomatoes.
ReplyDeleteThanks ratnamurti. Welcome, and I appreciate your comment. I hope you can garden again. It is so rewarding.
DeleteYour garden is doing so well! Ooh, chili peppers! I was going to plant some chilies and forgot to do so! I wonder if it is too late to try some now? It probably is.
ReplyDeleteMaybe not, Bless. If you had some plants, I bet they would still make it. Seeds take a while.
DeleteWe always just wash carrots, why do you peel them, are they tough ?
ReplyDeleteI am trying bell peppers again, possums ate them last year.
Sometimes the outsides are bitter, MargaretP. I don't grow carrots. (yet.) I don't peel them when I use them in soup, just when I eat them raw in salads.
DeleteI had planned on growing chilli peppers this year but completely forgot to plant some. There's always next year. Feverfew is good for all manner of painful complaints and is particularly good for migraine. It's well worth googling as it has some amazing properties.
ReplyDeleteIt grows like a weed here, Cherie. It reseeds constantly. I am going to transport some up to the cabin.
DeleteYour chillies are doing really well and our sunflowers are only half the height of yours. Our garden is small and so we are only growing a trough of strawberries and 3 tomato plants to eat. The rest is taken up with lawn and some big pots of flowering plants. Our main food supply is in the allotment, however, which is coming along nicely. We have broad beans, tiny pea and runner bean plants, strawberries, potatoes, salad leaves and two apple trees with lots of tiny fruit developing. Oh, and carrots!
ReplyDeleteYou are growing many things that I haven't grown, PP. I hear that growing peas and beans adds nitrogen to the soil.
DeleteI agree that there is something most wonderful about growing food. It's the freshest of tastes when you can pick something from the garden and to eat it straight away. Tonight, I picked silverbeet, spring onions and parsley from our garden and made a pie. I roasted some of our little cherry tomatoes, both yellow and red, to have with the pie. It was a delicious meal and it felt so good eating it.
ReplyDeleteYour sunflowers will be so lovely in bloom. They are stunning flowers. I hope to grow some this year for the Summer time. MegXx
Thanks Meg. The birds planted most of the sunflowers. They are the small ones that grow wild here. Your meal from the garden sounds delicious!
Deleteohhh how i love feverfew! had a tiny one come up this year, haven't been able to garden much this year as my back keeps giving me grief along with my hands. love seeing your garden, you do so well!
ReplyDeletethanx for sharing
Thanks Selina. Mulching the soil with straw year round has made all the difference. The compost tea seems to give all of the plants a healthy boost, too.
DeleteSo green! And your sunflowers...I can't wait to see them. I love them in mid-summer and later. The feverfew flowers are so pretty! Andrea
ReplyDeleteThanks Andrea. Those flowers pop up on their own every year. The green is highlighted by the sunlight.
DeleteI never get bored and I'm always excited watching seeds germinate and produce flower or food.
ReplyDeleteIt is exciting, Frugal. I need to get better with seeds.
DeleteChilli peppers! I think we'd need a greenhouse to grow these. We have carrots for the first time ever and we've eaten a lot of salad straight from the garden. It is wonderful to eat produce so fresh. I sometimes think it would be nice to be self sufficient but we'd need a football pitch sized garden to grow all that we eat (currently 5 living in the house). Have a wonderful weekend x
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, Christina. It also would take a tremendous amount of time. That's exciting that you are growing your own salad ingredients.
DeleteWe usually grow tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, cucumber and chillies, but not this year; only what we have in the veg beds. We just couldn't get any plants or seeds as garden centres were shut. Take care, Jane x
ReplyDeleteThat's too bad, Jane. Our nurseries were open for business. They deemed it essential. A lot of food is grown in California.
DeleteYou are so right about the compost. I now have 4 compost bins. I am working hard on getting the technique and mixes right. Everything needs compost!
ReplyDeleteI love what it does, emw. I am amazed at the power of a weak solution of compost tea. The roses seem to love it!
DeleteYour garden looks wonderful. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mereknits. I am so happy with it.
DeleteFeverfew flowers are so pretty. This is the first time I saw them.
ReplyDeleteI am battling with grasshoppers, and ants and termites in one raised bed. I added diatomaceous earth but the constant rain washes it away.
You take good care of your garden, and it shows. Everything looks so green and healthy.
Ugh, that must be frustrating, Nil. The humidity is something I don't have experience with in gardening. It is very dry here. I think the mulch and compost have really greened up the garden. It also has been mild in temperatture, which is a huge help.
DeleteI grow all our vegetables from seed. I love going out every morning to see if anything has sprouted. Radishes are the most satisfying as many varieties pop up within 2 or 3 days. We are trying red bell peppers with seeds taken from a store bought pepper last winter. Hopefully the little plant which has come up will give us red bell peppers and not some genetically modified zucchini or something (haha). Feverfew grows like a weed around here as well.
ReplyDeleteAnita, I think my rabbits like to go out and see if anything has sprouted each morning, too. The zucchini are gone. Rats. I may just buy some plants and try again. Hope your red bell peppers do well. I love them in salad.
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