Monday, January 25, 2010

Me? A gardener?

I will be honest.  I do not have a green thumb, and I know nothing about gardening, but when we moved into our new house I was very excited to find that the previous tenants did.

They had planted cherry tomatoes, strawberries and capsicums, as well as some rosemary and flat leaf parsley.  



Jack the Lab got all of the strawberries before they were ripe and we are having a hard time keeping him out of the tomatoes.  We did manage to rescue a few and we had them in our tacos for dinner tonight.  They were really good.

The tomato plant was going crazy and it wasn't staked, so we ventured out intending to get some stakes to keep them off the ground and ended up getting much more.

We bought a little fence that will hopefully keep Jack out,



a chilli plant,



some basil, corriander and some spring onions.

I really have no idea about growing vegies, but I think if I water them regularly and try and keep the creepy crawlies off them we might be successful.

5 comments:

Bells said...

that's pretty much it! That's all there is to it. Sure you can get more technical but there's no need. The only thing I might suggest is getting some fertiliser, probably some seaweed solution, for once a fortnight feeding - helps keep things green and growing well!

Melinda said...

That's wonderful! Bless those neigbours! I'm sure you'll be fine - just add some compost or fertiliser to the soil every now and then, and mulch around the plants when it gets hot.

Exciting!

Leonie said...

We have had a lot of success this year with dwarf bean plants. They survived our ignoring them and have provided heaps of beans that the kids have been eating straight off the plant. We'll be planting more soon I think.

Kate said...

Wow - your garden looks fantastic!!

Geek Knitter said...

It often starts like that... a trip to the nursery and the next thing you know you're diagramming your new raised beds!

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