In the Garden

       The garden has been going great this week. We've had a little very little amount of rain and it's helped the plants just that little bit more. This week we planted a few new additions to the garden. We planted our tomato, capsicum and chilli seedlings, a lemongrass plant, & a new rosemary (because no matter how 'hardy' rosemary is, I always seem to kill it). I believe that Lemongrass may be the dog version of Catnip, as Frankie is obsessed with it. We are always finding her sitting in the garden, bum squashing the tiny flower seedlings, nibbling on the lemongrass. The poor plant is now half the size it was when we planted it, so we will see how it survives the next week.

       Plants that are doing well this week:

• Zucchini - most plants have flower buds, and we had our first open flower yesterday!
• Radish - easily my favourite plant to grow. The have been shooting up more and more each day
• Watermelon - doubled in size this week!
• Basil, Thai Basil - shooting up and smelling so fragrant when I press its little leaves
• Coriander - getting those distinctive little curly bits on its leaves, even though Frankie dug a hole about a foot deep the other day.
• Sage - I've been squishing these little leaves to smell them too. Yum.

       Plants not doing so well…

• Mint - still no sign of it…
• Lettuce - I think there may be one growing…but it could very well be a weed.
• Strawberry - no sign of strawberry plants either…I think I might be to blame for that though…had a little problem with the hose pressure (I think the seeds got water blasted out of the pot…oops).

Go garden go!

Found this plant in the front yard. Only a few living flowers amongst the dead.

Radishes. One of my favourite things to grow.

One poor flower has been bitten off. Thanks Frankie.

Zucchini, already producing some flowers