Friday, October 10, 2008

Spring planting

Daisies
Mini Red Capsicums and Mixed Lettuce
Mini Tomatoes and more Lettuce
Rhubarb

As I'm sure I've mentioned before, my backyard is small and mostly concrete. What little garden we have out there is growing in pots. So far it has mostly been fruit, veggies and herbs, but I hope to slowly add some flowers to the mix just to make it look a bit less like a.... concrete backyard
All of the above, except the rhubarb, was planted today whilst Ollie slept. My hope is that Ollie, Miss J and I can pluck some strawberries/tomatoes/capsicums etc straight from the plant to eat then and there. I'm pretty excited about the tomatoes plants - they don't need to be staked, they will apparently drape over the pot. They'll probably take over the lettuce, but I've got heaps growing.

5 comments:

Bellgirl said...

I'm going to do some planting today with my Bug. Is your tomato a 'Red Rambler'? And do you know about the Stonnington Spring Into Gardening fete this weekend?

I've sent you an email, neighbour!

Jo (sparkly green knickers) said...

The tomatoes are Tumblers (probably the same thing as Ramblers!). I've planted a red and a yellow.

Thanks for the Gardening Fete tip - I'm off to google it now!

Bellgirl said...

I think the one I've got it actually a tumbler too, I planted it today. I love the trug you've planted into- my little boy has his bath on one of those!

Bellgirl said...

BTW I've linked to you in today's Blogtoberfest Blog Crawl: http://bellgirl.com.au/2008/10/blogtoberfest-blog-crawl-issue-3.html

Happy Blogtoberfest!

Liesl said...

I love your trug planters. That's a great idea - nice and easy to move around to catch to sun. (I grew mini cauliflowers and broccoli in planter boxes on our front porch last year). I'm excited to see that you can grow rhubarb in a pot - I think I might have to give that a try.

I hope we get to see the bountiful harvest!