Plants: Week 2

Woo! Another week without anything more interesting going on in my life than literally watching plants grow!


The most obvious growth here is probably between the parsley and the basil. Oregano and lavender are also doing well, but the rosemary is droopy . . . and I don't really know what could be wrong. The windowbox is well-watered, drains easily, and receives full sun. Rosemary is supposed to be a hardy plant. My best guess is that the huge parsley next to it is choking it out some or obstructing sunlight. I trimmed the parsley back a lot, hopefully that will help.

. . . Anybody want some fresh parsley?


Okra! Eggplant! The eggplants are finicky, so they got mulched . . . it seems to have helped them a great deal.


Peppers! The two huge ones in the foreground are yellow bell peppers . . . we squished everyone else in to fit them on the end because they're my favorite bell pepper variety. Woo! These have all grown a lot, I just don't know if you can tell from the picture.


Succulents! I got a new one this past week . . . I was planning to pot him in one of my yellow espresso cups, but came to find out that they have gone missing. Best guess at this point is that they are in the attic, so hopefully I will get a chance to search up there soon. Also, I don't think you can tell in this picture, but some jerk of a bird took a few bites out of the one in the middle of the big pot. I don't think it tasted too good because there wasn't that much gone . . . but if this is going to keep happening, I guess I will have to transfer them inside somewhere. Grr.

But yeah . . . haven't really had anything else going on. I moved some furniture, cleaned up my room, and am finally mostly unpacked for the summer. Yippee! I've been in one of those moods where I want to do something but just can't work up the energy to actually do it. Know what I mean?

I don't know what the deal is.

Oh well!

Ciao.

Plants: Week 1

I haven't really been able to come up with much inspiration to write recently, so I'm going to try doing a photo-oriented post. In the past few days I've been running around town grabbing up some herbs and vegetables to add to the family garden. I'm going to try do take new pictures of the stuff weekly or biweekly so that we can watch them grow!

So, without further ado . . . plants!



This is a handy window box full of herbs that I will be able to take back to Memphis with me in the fall. Yay, seasoned food! From left to right: basil, rosemary, parsley, oregano, and lavender. The lavender is not for food. Supposedly, if you infuse lavender in your shampoo or conditioner or something it is good for sensitive scalps. I'm going to try that out.



This is an establishing shot of the family garden in which I was so graciously given two beds. You can't really make out too many of mom's flowers or anything, but I may try to get a few better shots soon. She has one that is really cool . . . it looks like it came from outer space. I have no idea what it is called.


Bed Number 1! To the left of the divide is a row of okra (OKRA, OKRA, OKRA!) and on the right there are eggplants. We've never done eggplant before, but thought it could be fun. The plants are white because Dad dusted them with a pesticide kinda thing.


Bed Number 2! This picture was taken from the opposite direction, because see those flowers in the background? I almost stepped into them and realized they were full of bees. Yikes! Anyway, this bed is completely full of peppers. In the foreground are six bell pepper plants (three on each side of the divide) and there are banana peppers (my favorite!) on the right and cayenne peppers on the left. A couple of the cayennes already have blooms! I'm pretty excited.


This is my dog, Amber. She is not a plant, just an attention whore. She was being pretty cute, so she got her picture taken, too.


This is a pot full of mint (spearmint on the left, peppermint on the right). Though you can see the basil peeking into the picture, this mint was not in the previous herb photo because I was only able to find it yesterday evening. You would think that all these little plant places across town would have mint--I mean, as herbs go, it's kinda a staple. But no. Honest to Buddha, I went to every place in town and no one had any. Finally I went out to Valley Growers with Dad yesterday and they actually had it. Never would have dreamed it would be so hard to find in a million years.


These I got today! I've always thought that the puffy little succulent-things were fun, so I got a few. We'll see how they do. They're cactus-y, so they don't need much water . . . so how hard can they be to kill? Only time will tell. . . . (Note: Please disregard the decorative birdhouse and the potted fern in the background. Those are Mom's.)

Anyway, those are my plants. Don't know if anyone else cares, but I was pretty excited to get everything and look forward to fresh produce and seasonings in the future.

Brian out!