A while ago, I bought some fresh herbs (three types of basil and mint) to grow myself some new plants for my garden. I found I have more luck growing strong plants from cut herbs than from the little plants with roots you can buy at the supermarket. Those roots were never meant to grow…
Category: in the garden
Snapshots
In the top of my moringa tree, eating the leaves. Oh well, it’s not as if I can reach those myself (moringa leaves are healthy, fresh in salads or dried as tea). We can share. Just don’t eat it all please…
In my garden
So, my garden… It’s huge. Or at least it is for me. We’re on 2000 m2 (1/2 acre). The house sits in the back corner of the lot, so there’s no real “back” or “front” yard. Someday we’re going to build guesthouses on “the other half” of the lot, but that part sits mostly neglected…
Scenes from the weekend
Yes, there is a pattern there. Knitting, gardening, watching the sunset, repeat. Oh, and a silly cat. It was a good weekend. Wishing you all a great start to your week.
Rain and blooms
The last bit of the hurricane season is proving to be quite serious. Don’t worry, we hardly ever get hurricanes. We do get tropical waves and tropical storms though. And that means we’re having lots and lots of rain these days. We did have a little bit of water coming in (the windows aren’t exactly…
Garden dreams, reality, and drying herbs
I’ve always had this romantic image of how it would be to have an actual really big garden (not just a little backyard). Heavily influenced by Soulemama‘s beautiful posts of course. I just pictured myself wearing a pretty sunhat and flowy dresses, moving mindfully around the beds, harvesting a bit of this and a bit…
Unexpected
I don’t know why I thought these roses would be yellow, but I love this dark red color they are turning out to be instead.It’s always fun to get to know a new garden! (no, we didn’t move again, we bought a vacation cabin in the Netherlands to stay in when we’re visiting family). PS:…