Good morning readers, I’m in my sanctuary before the day begins, and it is nice and quiet surround by plants and of course the cats the peruse the neighborhood. The cars haven’t decided to zoom by with relish, or at least not the steady stream, yet. But I wanted to give you all an update on the vegetable/ fruit garden, let’s brew about it!
In the beginning of March, I planted tomatoes, cucumbers, and strawberries of which only one of the cucumber plants decided to have a “murder death kill,” within the first few days. I didn’t realize how delicate of a plant it is, so when transporting these bad boys from the garden center to your car to your home be aware of it’s surrounding these guys snap quick.
Also, cucumbers are vine plants and require a place to climb, luckily I had a couple of crates from the move that I placed behind the little guy. I highly recommend getting chicken wire to act as a lattice on the crate. Traditionally a lattice or cage is used to house climbing plants, but crates work just as well, if you’re looking for crates you can always call your local companies around you to se if they’re getting rid of any.
Other than that mishap everyone else is flourishing, the 2 tomato plants currently are bustling with tomatoes, the remaining cucumber plant is blooming and the strawberry plants well, they are starting to flow out of the pot and over the edge. I’m excited to see what growth will take place further into the year.
I plan on adding more cucumber plants, so the one lowly one has some buddies, but I’m thinking of adding zucchini, blackberry and bell peppers, possibly blue berries. I really don’t want to get overzealous, but I am revamping some pots to hold pollinator plants such as milkweed, passionflower and other tubular plants.
In the end having something to nurture snd watch grow is very humbling and satisfying. I enjoy relaxing in my little garden oasis. I really feel a fountain is needed four a sound sensory as well. I blame Secret Garden for my plant obsession, but I think also, with the constant screen action whether by laptop, phone, t.v. you get overloaded and desensitized so, it’s nice to dial it back. What do you think?
As Always Keep On Brewin!