Serendib Garden

Trellises Galore

I am trying to make sense of this vegetable garden, but oh, it is not easy. Learn from my mistakes — if you throw plants in the ground and then ignore them for months, you may have a trellising problem down the line. I’ve been trying to work on them, but have already managed to […]

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Brussels Sprouts?

I think this is brussels sprouts? Do I just let it keep going, and the sprouts will come up the center? Hopefully? If I didn’t plant it too late? Do people do anything with all those big leaves? With nasturtium below — I think nasturtium leaves are awfully pretty. They’re tender with a slightly sweet,

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Courage to Propose

Starflower / borage, lovely and edible, cucumber-like flavor, nice to plant in the vegetable garden. It’ll be in a cocktail very shortly. A garden gimlet is sounding perfect right now. One old wives’ tale states that if a woman slipped a bit of borage into a promising man’s drink, it would give him the courage

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Yes, Milady

I stuck this trellis somewhat randomly near the vegetable garden, planning to do something more organized with it, and never got around to it, but the cucumber plant found it anyway, woot. 🙂 This is a basic Burpee ‘burpless’ cucumber — I’m not really a cucumber aficionado, but it seems fine? Not particularly flavorful; pretty neutral

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A Dramatic Uplight

Heh. I got a grow light for the new fiddle leaf fig, but it’s probably going to take me a few days to get a hook and hang it — so I’ve propped it in a stand for the moment, and it’s casting a very dramatic uplight. Sunlight from below is still helpful, right? Weird,

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Finally Ripe

FINALLY got a ripe tomato yesterday (self, remember this for next year, how frustrating it is having your tomatoes be weeks behind everyone else, and get them in the ground on time and in as much sun as possible…) — “Blue Berries,” grown from seed, deliciously tomato-y in flavor. SO MUCH flavor. Must remember to

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