I see a black thumb and I want it painted green (PM)

I can't wait to see your garden, Mate, it looks great from here! And way to go on the parsley. I've killed parsley before, so growing such a thriving plant is by no means an insignificant thing.

I've really missed having a garden since being over here. I've missed the ritual of planting stuff on the weekend and then compulsively going out to inspect it every morning to see if anything has grown, then kind of forgetting about it for a few days, then going back and seeing that some green is poking through the dirt. It's very satisfying. And when you can eat the stuff you grow, it's particularly awesome. Though I am quite partial to flowers too. Anyway, I miss having a garden and I'm looking forward to having one again when I get back.

In three weeks! Woot!

You know, Mate, now that you've got a great place to live and a great garden to grow, perhaps it's time to consider...chickens! You would have fresh eggs and Baby and Newbie would have WONDER in their back yard. 

And in case you've forgotten, you LOVE chickens! You could get a couple of little Bantams. Or those ones with fluffy feet. You'd just need a place for them to brood and then hey pesto (heh), you'd have 

I think you should do it!

Black thumb (AM)

I did a bit of gardening on the weekend. Who wants an update on what's growing? Ok ok pipe down, I'll give you one. 

First of all, it was a beautiful sunny day on saturday and and a delight to be on the balcony. I fertilised all my pots and then planted the following:  basil, parsley, tomatoes, poppys. Some thyme too. All from seeds I bought from diggers. Gee I felt earthy. 

And a little friend visited making me feel like I basically was Mother Nature.

So far I am very disappointed with the results. 

Apart from a couple of parsley shoots, nothing has happened. 

I can't even be sure those are parsley shoots. Just because they are near the parsley sign doesn't mean they are the real McCoy....you can still get weeds in pots tomorrow.

 

Most of my pots look barren and miserable.

One nice thing in my garden is my elderflower. Those plants were everywhere in Copenhagen and Sweden and gee they smell lovely. I bought one when I came home and it's doing quite well.

And here's something special I bought a month or so ago. 

You can't tell from this photo, but under that soil, real live genuine wasabi root is growing. 

Exciting. 

But obviously those plants aren't from the weekends efforts, and I'm a little worried those that are won't grow because I have become a black thumb. 

I guess we'll see.