By Su
We didn’t get a chance to grow a garden this year, so we let some of the weeds grow. We now have 3 gorgeous acres to contend with, and will need to prepare our garden spots in order to be ready for 2010 planting. The summer is flying by SO fast!! We managed to do a little bit of container gardening which consists of a few tomato plants obtained from my dad, and several contained perennial flowers. I still have a slew of seeds from the spring. I put together an order through Jasper’s school in California, but they didn’t make it here until early June. They’re super nice heirloom varieties, so they should be ok for a few more months! I do plan on setting up some pots with soil this week so I can start some herbs that will winter over in the house. We have a ton of nice house plants now, and they are thriving in our bay window! Our plants have never looked so nice! I truly believe that house plants thrive on human presence. Read more »
By Su
We haven’t really planted much outdoors yet. Jasper planted the bottoms of two romaine lettuce heads yesterday though! It will be interesting to see how they grow. I love re-rooting things like that…leeks, green onions, etc. The little pepper plants here below are a mixture of habenero and jalepeno from seeds Leaf and I have saved along the way. I’m so thankful that we have this kindred seed saving vibe together.
There are little clovers and renegade purslane happening in there too!
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By Su
I was very surprised to find a sunflower boquet which incorporated Queen Anne’s lace and some sort of coniferous blossoms today. I’ve been rooting green onion bottoms again too! It’s neat to be able to utilize something that would go to the compost and watch it grow. We’ve been saving seeds from various peppers, including habaneros. It would be fun to do a guerrilla gardening project this summer with jasper, and donate “seed bombs“ to people in inner city areas. If you click on the images below, you can get a better look.
We didn’t get a chance to grow a garden this year, so we let some of the weeds grow. We now have 3 gorgeous acres to contend with, and will need to prepare our garden spots in order to be ready for 2010 planting. The summer is flying by SO fast!! We managed to do a little bit of container gardening which consists of a few tomato plants obtained from my dad, and several contained perennial flowers. I still have a slew of seeds from the spring. I put together an order through Jasper’s school in California, but they didn’t make it here until early June. They’re super nice heirloom varieties, so they should be ok for a few more months! I do plan on setting up some pots with soil this week so I can start some herbs that will winter over in the house. We have a ton of nice house plants now, and they are thriving in our bay window! Our plants have never looked so nice! I truly believe that house plants thrive on human presence. Read more »
