I planted much earlier this year, and that, perhaps along with a colder winter and a milder springtime, has led to much greater success (so far!) than my last attempt at a garden.
The vegetable garden contains:
- roma tomatoes
- squash
- cucumber
- borage
- beets
- carrots
- two different sorts of pepper (capsicum for Aussies)
- broccoli
- cauliflower
- arugula (rocket for Aussies and Brits)
The patio herb garden contains:
- rosemary
- Thai basil
- Italian basil
- cilantro
- lemon thyme
- regular thyme
- parsley
- chives
- sage
- tarragon
- curry plant
- oregano
- dill
- mint
There are strawberries in one hanging basket, and we have blueberries and raspberries waiting to go into the side garden (when the Ike-damaged fence is finally fixed!). Netting supports peas, sweet peas, morning glory, moonflower and nasturtiums; the lemon which we bought late last year and which weathered all the frosts against all odds is blooming beautifully, and the Virginia Creeper is already up and over the eaves.
I keep the squirrels (who are fixated on the coconut fibre linings of the planters) at bay with pepper, tabasco sauce, flapping items hung on the clothesline, and prayer!
The title of this post is from a quote by George Bernard Shaw:
Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn!
You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak!
Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay.
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3 comments:
Wow! This is all so impressive! and you are only at the beginning of the growing season. Hopefully you will have a bumper crop.
Love those herbs on the patio - tell me - did any of those seeds I sent you sprout? I would like to think that some of that greenery came from Oz!
And what is the name of that plant with the beautiful white fluffy flowers? It's gorgeous.
Love the "fierce energy" quote too, it's so descriptive of your garden springing into such life right now!
the parsley sprouted, though it's not the one in the picture - it's coming along well though :)
nothing from the chives or sage, I'm afraid :(
the fluffy flowers are on a tree in the backyard - my memory from seeing similar things in the nursery is that it's called a red-tipped photea, but a Google search seems to indicate that this isn't right! it's certainly common round Houston though - I see it in gardens all the time, all the new growth a lovely deep red :)
absolutely beautiful! and so impressive kathryn....you have a gift of making plants grow so nicely
xxxxxx
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