Baby spinach in my salad...

What a delight to have such fresh baby spinach in my garden and now the nasturtiums are blooming so the flowers will join the leaves and herbs from the garden and the pots and end up in my salads. The coriander is looking so good and it tasted wonderful in the salad tonight.

The tomato plants are strong and the leeks are reaching for the sky. Lovely stuff.

Today was spent weeding and putting down compost. The pavement garden is putting on its beautiful mantle and will soon be filled with purple and white flowers. This part of the garden is in the North corner and these are the feng shui colours for this area. Also gold, silver and blue. The wild sage with its purple flowers is a beautiful addition. Their new growth has started and so we will prune the old stems to allow for the lush rebirth.

The new seedlings arrive next week. Red lettuce, friseé, Italian parsley, pansies, violas, violets - all for our beautiful salads. The basil is ready for the pesto and we shall be planting new chili seeds next week for the chili coriander pesto.

Growing your own herbs and vegetables must be one of the most rewarding things to do.

Grow babies grow!

Planted our first for autumn...

The baby spinach is already in the salad - beautiful baby leaves. The tomato plants are strong and there are probably too many and the leeks are growing well. The coriander is just longing to join up with the chillies to make our delicious chili coriander pesto and the basil is looking wonderful. Unfortunately the peppers and brinjals did not come up so I have ordered some seedlings of the same as well as loose leaf lettuce, red and butter. There are also edible flower seedlings on the way - creeping violet, pansies and violas. Nasturtiums are coming up in my circular herb garden and the roses are beginning to look really good after some feeding with our home made compost. Next month is pruning month and I am looking forward to giving the girls their "haircuts"!

There are new lettuce seeds to be planted but as it is now waning moon I will plant only a few and wait for waxing moon to plant more. It will be interesting to see how much of a difference there might be. Now is the time for underground vegetables to be planted so we will be planting sweet potato, onions, carrots and red skin potatoes if I can find any.

I love watching the little babies grow! It is so exciting to know that it is all healthy stuff.

Grow babies grow!!!