Gallavanting around the garden

My camera has been commandeered by my parents to take more photos of Aisling at her formal in the Hilton, so until I get my precious cargo back here is a look at our place.

Now that the shock of having a baby has become our new normal (as tumultuous and sleep deprived as that often still is) we are starting to get back into the things we love, which for me is my photography, Chris is starting to do more drawing, and we are both enjoying starting up our veggie patch and spending more time out in the garden. Cara is loving the extra company.



So here is a look at what has been happening in our backyard lately: Wheatgrass grown from seeds, I reckon paying $13 or more for a tray is a rip off, much cheaper to just buy the seeds and let nature do its thing.



Once thought to be beans, now possibly cucumber. We have a tonne of these that sprouted from our compost area and I can't wait to see what the end up being. I'm hoping for cucumber, Tavi noms away on it all the time so our own patch would be handy, not to mention better with no nasty pesticides to worry about.

Mini lettuces. The soil isn't so great where we live (for now) so these little guys are taking their sweet time getting ready to be my lunch.

 

Pretty flowers. They came with the house, along with some secret aloe vera that I discovered a few weeks ago.

Mister Oliver did not dissappoint, our basil has sprouted through and hopefully soon will be big enough to eat.

 

We also bought a small chilli plant and within a week there was a chilli. I've dared Chris to eat it raw but he has neither accepted nor declined my challenge as of yet.

But this is probably one of my favourite parts of our garden. Free plants in free pots makes me very happy. We went to the nursery in Maleny with every intention of buying some seedlings but then I saw a bunch of rather sad looking plants with a sign saying 'free to good home' so we scored some purple basil, chives and thyme without spending a cent. Regretfully the chives didn't pull through but with a bit of watering the others turned out just fine. And the wall planters? I procured them from freecycle and Chris hung them up on the wall in our undercover area, it adds a nice bit of life to an otherwise bland brick wall. Practical and pretty.

Lesson 1: ALWAYS look for a 'free to good home section' when buying plants.
Lesson 2: Freecycle is a wondrous invention, forever and ever Amen.

Happy gardening!