It was quite hot today so when we got home we were all wrung out. We put Caetlin down and I went immediately to lay some compost in the garden and just do some general maintenance. I figured if I was already needing a shower from the hiking, I might as well dig in the dirt a little bit as well. I actually owe you some pictures of my little garden:
It's alive! The little orange pot at the end is the mint, the sad little spearmint and the other kind of mint that I was convinced I had killed.
Here's a close up of the tomatoes and peppers:
Here's another tomato plant, pepper plant, and then on the right is the basil. The basil is positively thriving:
Here's a picture of the spearmint. I think I wrote that I didn't pot it quite soon enough and I had thought I had killed it entirely. You can see here the new growth coming out of the sad dead strings. Somehow it soldiers on:
And then there was the other kind of mint, the one that potting seemed to kill. It looks so sad, so lifeless:
But wait! What's that? Look closely:
Somehow the roots apparently stayed alive, even if the stems and leaves died. It's growing slowly, but I added some compost today that should help it along.
Tonight was actually a neat milestone for me and my garden- I harvested from it for the first time. I grabbed some basil- it smelled so amazing!- and put it into my veggie frittata that I made tonight. This was my dinner for this evening:
Isn't it lovely? It tasted quite nice as well. It's just eggs, basil, salt, pepper, red peppers, tomatoes and zucchini. It was such a nice feeling, eating something that I grew myself. And it was the best tasting basil I have ever had. Caetlin was eating her dinner at the time and I stuck the handful of leaves under her nose, telling her to smell it. After she did, she demanded one of the leaves from me and continued to hold it under her nose. I guess she liked it.
Anyway, we got her to bed and I've written this. I'm off to bed myself now- it's a little early, but I'm exhausted. Hope you all had a good weekend too!
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