Gardening: (2016– )

[FauxPas]

2 hours ago, FrogPrincesse said:

I planted a cherry tomato with a variety of basil last weekend, together with more herbs (an assortment of basil varieties, summer savory, more parsley). The cilantro from February bolted and I planted its seeds; fingers crossed that I will get a second generation.

 

It will be so pretty as it fills in! Looks like some nasturtiums in there also? 

 

What variety of cherry tomato, do you know? I have "Husky Cherry Red", a few "Sweet 100", "Sugary" grape tomato, and several "Sweet Million" cherry plants. I would have had more of the "Sweet Millions" but some of the ones I started from seed didn't fare very well. So I'm glad that I  bought a few plants at the nursery when they were on sale. 

 

I picked the first strawberries yesterday. I just have two hanging baskets with plants but they have quite a bit of fruit for their size. Not enough ripen together to do a full dessert usually but enough to enhance a fruit salad or have with a bit of yogurt. 

 

I have some snap peas too but lost some as I discovered that my cat likes to munch on pea shoots. And not just dainty little nibbles either, ha.  🙂

 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 08:45 PM by FauxPas (log)

[FrogPrincesse]

2 minutes ago, FauxPas said:

 

It will be so pretty as it fills in! Looks like some nasturtiums in there also? 

 

What variety of cherry tomato, do you know? I have "Husky Cherry Red", a few "Sweet 100", "Sugary" grape tomato, and several "Sweet Million" cherry plants. I would have had more of the "Sweet Millions" but some of the ones I started from seed didn't fare very well. So I'm glad that I  bought a few plants at the nursery when they were on sale. 

 

I picked the first strawberries yesterday. I just have two hanging baskets with plants but they have quite a bit of fruit for their size. Not enough ripen together to do a full dessert usually but enough to enhance a fruit salad or have with a bit of yogurt. 

 

I have some snap peas too but lost some as I discovered that my cat likes to munch on pea shoots. And not just dainty little nibbles either, ha.  🙂

 

 

 

Correct, I have some nasturtiums in there too. I will probably move a couple of them to the backyard where they will have more space to spread out!

I do not know the variety of cherry tomatoes. This was from Walter Anderson, a local nursery, and it was the only one they had (although they had dozens of varieties of regular and heirloom tomatoes). It’s my first time ever growing tomatoes so you can imagine how excited I am!

I looked for snap peas when I was there but they didn’t have any. Probably a good thing as my space is very limited!

i just harvested some chard, parsley, and sorrel for my lunch. It’s so nice to have all these fresh greens available.

[FauxPas]

5 minutes ago, FrogPrincesse said:

It’s my first time ever growing tomatoes so you can imagine how excited I am!

 

I hope you'll share details of your harvest with us!!!   🙂

 

I start peas from seed, they tend to be pretty easy to grow here on Vancouver Island as it's not usually very hot. 

[FrogPrincesse]

I also have this on a fence. It took many attempts but seems well established now after a few years. As of this morning, there are more than a dozen passionfruit on the vine.

 

 

[FauxPas]

2 hours ago, FrogPrincesse said:

I also have this on a fence. It took many attempts but seems well established now after a few years. As of this morning, there are more than a dozen passionfruit on the vine.

 

That's awesome! I had a couple growing at a place in Arizona, but they never formed any fruit so they may have been just the ornamental variety. They were still attractive and unique though the actual fruit would have been nice! How long do they take to ripen, do you know? 

[FrogPrincesse]

They take a few weeks to ripen once the fruit has reached its full size (like the one in the picture). This variety turns purple when ripe. At that point, they can be harvested but they will continue to ripen and get a bit wrinkly as they do. That’s when they taste the best, with the skin still supple but no longer smooth. It’s not hard to grow them here once they are established. I was warned by someone at the nursery that it will take over my yard but we are not quite there yet.