Well, no silver bells and cockle shells in our garden. Just plants, plants and more plant
. With the passing of winter and the onset of spring, new shoots have been sprouting forth from our lawn and flowerbeds as our plants awaken from their winter slumber (if you know me, you should check out my 2 albums on Facebook). By the way, this posting is dedicated to my nephews Ben & Bryan, & their mum, my 'jie-jie' . I am so flattered by your request for another posting.
. With the passing of winter and the onset of spring, new shoots have been sprouting forth from our lawn and flowerbeds as our plants awaken from their winter slumber (if you know me, you should check out my 2 albums on Facebook). By the way, this posting is dedicated to my nephews Ben & Bryan, & their mum, my 'jie-jie' . I am so flattered by your request for another posting. Anyway, seeing Mother Nature busy at work, my hands were just itching to grow some e
dible greens in this little plot in our side yard, which already has some raspberry bushes and chives growing (here is a picture of chives flowers). So faithfully I collected and planted potato buds, grape tomato seeds, butternut squash seeds, sweet red and orange capsicum seeds, carrot tops and little romaine "hearts" and celery stems. Then I hoed, weeded and watered (like real) ... no beads of perspiration as weather was still a little cold back then.
dible greens in this little plot in our side yard, which already has some raspberry bushes and chives growing (here is a picture of chives flowers). So faithfully I collected and planted potato buds, grape tomato seeds, butternut squash seeds, sweet red and orange capsicum seeds, carrot tops and little romaine "hearts" and celery stems. Then I hoed, weeded and watered (like real) ... no beads of perspiration as weather was still a little cold back then. I think I have this need to prove I have at least ONE green thumb seeing the number of money plants that didn't survive my tender-loving care back in Depot Road. Even a plant, mama so lovingly tended and ... supposedly hardy and not requiring much except for regular watering, didn't survive my TLC. Came to the point where 11-year-old Del strictly forbade me to take care of the terrarium she made in school.
Back to my Owen Sound garden. After a few weeks and still nothing to show, except for the feathery carrot shoot which I first cultivated in a plastic cup on the window sill, before planting in the garden. Then Del so bluntly put it all in perspective by asking, "Mum, what happened to the tomato seeds you planted? We planted some seeds in school a few days back and already the shoots are out." My reply, "Maybe the birds or whatever critter in our garden got to my plantings." What else could I say. Can't admit that I don't have green thumbs, right? But there is a critter that digs holes as wide as the diameter of my arm in our garden. Could be a resident bunny or gopher or groundhog.
Then in late May, as I was hoeing the plot, I saw new potato shoots growing ... dark g
reen shoots! Ha, ha, ha, my potatoes are growing!!! Here's a picture of one of them. There are 4 or 5 of these now. Here's something else. The squash seeds are sprouting too and there are about 10 of them, really solid-looking seedlings (will post a picture in next posting). The pale green leaves of the romaine hearts and celery have turned darked green meaning they are beginning to make food for themselves i.e. they are thriving. Keeping my fingers crossed that they will all keep growing and come to think of it, if this succeeds, they would be organically grown too :) . So look out for my next posting "As the Garden Grows".
reen shoots! Ha, ha, ha, my potatoes are growing!!! Here's a picture of one of them. There are 4 or 5 of these now. Here's something else. The squash seeds are sprouting too and there are about 10 of them, really solid-looking seedlings (will post a picture in next posting). The pale green leaves of the romaine hearts and celery have turned darked green meaning they are beginning to make food for themselves i.e. they are thriving. Keeping my fingers crossed that they will all keep growing and come to think of it, if this succeeds, they would be organically grown too :) . So look out for my next posting "As the Garden Grows". 
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