In the front of the house she planted some small white flowers, and managed the ones she put in earlier in the week. She also made up a window box in the window over the sink in the kitchen. Finally she put a couple of nice potted plants on the deck and now everything looks much better. Please forgive me for just saying plants and flowers.. I don't know much about them. My limited knowledge lies in food plants.
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Despite my rant on the quality of the cheap soil, I am happy to announce the lettuce has sprouted! Less than a week, that's not bad!
The 50 or so tomato seedlings were set out, with a white sheet canopy to block out the 80+ degree sun we are having but allow them to adjust to the temperature and light before I throw them in the ground next weekend. When I get home today I hope that I do not find four dozen crispy brown plants where I thought my tomatoes would be. I watered them this morning, they should be fine... See Photo for plants before transfer outside. Some of the leaves were sunburned last weekend when I began the hardening process.
Next comes Basil. Recap: I love Thai food, and Thai food uses lots of Basil. Also, I am growing lots of tomatoes, in case you haven't noticed. Well, Basil and tomatoes go hand in hand, at least I like them together. So, I figured I had better get to growing. I planted 4 kinds, Holy Thai, Lime, Siam Queen and a Sweet variety. Some are up already that I put in last week. Soon, I should have too much to keep up with! Won't that be nice?
I also put in some Asian style bunching onions called menegi. They are interchangeable with chives, which so far I have had no luck getting to germinate. I'm crossing my fingers with these.
Next, I put in some cucumbers for summer pickling and fresh use in salads. Only one hill though, since we have such limited space and they tend to sprawl a bit.
Last but hopefully not least, I planted some Thai Eggplants. After doing a project for my Vegetable Gardening class on them, I found out that there were lots of varieties other than the 'Italian' kind. So I ordered some seeds, and planted them. I think all fears of cold weather are past, so now I just have to wait. I went down to the international mega market down the street and purchased some of the fruit. It looked pretty pitiful, but I wanted to try it before I put too terribly much effort in growing some for my own. These specimens looked like they were grown over seas and were likely a couple weeks off the plant. Nonetheless I washed them, and even cut one up, gave it a quick stir fry with some fish sauce, and I must admit my surprise it was delicious!! I can just imagine what they will be like picked fresh from the garden after work when I want some stir fry. I am going to cook these tonight in fact, more on that later.
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