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While we've been bragging about the size of our tomatoes and the bountiful yield of our basil plant, we've let the necessary tasks of pruning and weeding our garden go untended. Just take a look at the creeper vines and other weeds surrounding our pepper plants.
We knew when we decided to plant a garden in our backyard that it would take more than some water and sun to get some yield from our plants and herbs. We just don't like weeding, and resorted to procrastination when our thoughts turned to the garden. Enjoying our morning coffee in the backyard last weekend, however, we became ashamed at how far we let our garden grow (out). Much like the haircuts we schedule every three months, the garden was due.
So we sucked it up, reached for the pruning shears and garden weasel, and set to work. Four-and-a-half hours later, with the shuffle play on our iPod alternating between Motörhead, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Ely Guerra, Chet Baker and some classic Stax, we had our garden looking good just before the rains hit. Unfortunately, in our zeal to remove all the weeds, our thyme plant became a casualty, while the oregano we planted was long overrun by creeper vines. Also, pruning and trussing all the tomato vines literally gave us green thumbs that required some effort to remove. Still, a small consolation was had as we checked out the quickly blossoming pepper plants (you'll see those on Thursday). We also harvested a large amount of plum tomatoes, some of which we'll stew, the rest we'll stuff with crab salad.
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you growin da' herb mon? gotta share, good rasta karma.....
Fuck you! All my plants fail.
anyone know a good, small plant to grow indoors? i got a pot for my sis's bridal shower, but the seeds that came with it look to be of the outdoor sort, grown more as a carpet. i thought about ivy but am open to suggestions.
I have a windowsill planter where I grow rosemary, basil and parsley. The parsley seems too be going on me but the other two are going strong.
If you plant the pepper plants early enough in the year, you get a couple rounds of peppers from them. I'm on my second round. They might not be as large because daylight and weather are changing. But it is nice to have a plant that is not a one-and-out.
F herbs. They are cheap enough to buy in the store, and grow more like weeds than edible flora. They are not gratifying like vegetables and fruit either. One missed watering and you could be lost.
Rosemary is probably the better of the indoor herbs. It is hardier than most because of its lack of leaves.
classic Stax
Didn't you mean classic Styx?
Stax was a recording company that promoted a lot of soul and roots music. Great stuff.
I'm the anal retentive type who loves to weed. I only wish I had a garden as big as yours to muck around in.
As for outdoor plants, take your pick, from flowers to herbs. I suggest going to a nearby garden center and finding something you like and asking about it. Most plants in containers have to be brought in for winter.
Didn't you mean classic Styx?
Actually I think he meant "classic Thax."
You are lucky. Everything I touch turns brown.
I meant "classic Stax." It's a link. We are, after all, a blog.
Thanks for the rare kind words, everyone. Truth be told, though, this has been a complete learning experience. Sometimes I'm still lost in that garden.
Sometimes I'm still lost at why these "home and garden" posts are on a Chicago-centric blog.
#11,
Maybe because not all of us live in a Wicker Park studio and hang out at Danny's every night. There are people with back yards, back porches, and decks that would like to try these things. If we live in a self-proclaimed green city, what good is it to talk about bricks and mortar and the Pitchfork Festival every day?
#12, there are a lot of people in Chicago that needlepoint, too, perhaps there should be more posts about that?
Too many pricks involved with the mention of needlepoints.