Sunday, July 23, 2006
My First Garden - See How it Grows
6 weeks ago:
Yesterday:
As you can see, the tomato plant quickly outgrew the tiny foot and a half long stakes I initially put around it. I put a wire cage around it next, but after this weekend's windy storms it got knocked over twice (I was more upset about this than I should have been but it's my first garden and I was so proud of it actually having tomatoes growing on it; also I anthropomorphize everything so it wasn't just "a plant" that was going to die, it was "Tom!") so I ran to Home Depot to get 6 foot bamboos stakes this time. I also gave it a trim (a lot of leaves and non-fruit bearing limbs went bye-bye so that it's not so heavy now), so I think it's going to survive. Good thing, cuz I can't wait to try these babies out.
You may also notice that the cilantro plant that was initially planted in the center of the garden is gone. They don't last long before flowering and turning into coriander, which we have no use for, so I yanked it out yesterday. I also added a rosemary plant because I make a mean rosemary and red onion foccacia.
The basil and parsley are doing well.
And the mint is going nuts. I've made several pitchers of mint iced tea so far and need more mint ideas. Got any?
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