Tomatoes!

My cheery tomatoes are turning!  I picked about 6 this weekend.  Here are 4 from Saturday:

Little garden

My “garden” isn’t much of a garden, but 4 containers. Next year I’m going to try to do some more container planting. I’m thrilled that everything is doing great. I had a scare with my mint. I thought something was eating it, but I believe it was just all the heavy rain we had for 2 weekends straight that was making it look ratty. It’s looking a lot better now! This mint is a little flimsy compared to what I have had in the past. I cannot wait till it grows a little more and I will have my own mint.

Here is the mint plant now. It has really started to fill up the pot.

My herb pot has really taken off. The cilantro is doing the best! I would like a little most basil and rosemary, but given time I know they will take off as well.

The plant I’m most proud of is my cherry tomato plant. I honestly did not think it would do well at all given I don’t have much light, but it is getting big!

What makes me most happy is this….

I have about 10 tomatoes growing!!!! I’m praying that little critters do not snack on them once they start to turn. I cannot wait to taste them!! Next year I’m definitely doing more tomatoes. They are doing so well right now, better than I had ever dreamed.

My jalapeno plant is still growing, but slowly. I think I need to move it to a sunnier spot on the patio. I thought I had it in a pretty good spot, but I guess the trees have spouted more leaves.

My bottle tree is almost full. Now just to replace all the green bottles as we find other colors we like.

I LOVE this bottle tree! This is what I had imagine when I sent the request in to the maker of mine, but I didn’t have a great picture to illustrate it. I wouldn’t mind having one like this one as well.

Oxford and Gardening

Saturday morning, Brian and I headed to Oxford for the day. We have been wanting to do this for awhile but just never found the time. We started out by having break at BBB. We got there around 9:15 so we couldn’t take advantage of the SnackBar being open to order a mimosas or blood Mary. I’m not a big fan of eggs unless they are in an omelet for breakfast, I was trying to decide between just ordering sides or getting the French toast. I’m a sucker for the traditional breakfast; sausage, grits, biscuits & gravy, and hash browns. One of these days I’m going to try their French toast. I have heard it’s delicious.

After breakfast we went in the Depot just to look around. I came across this little jewel. It’s perfect for us! We haven’t decide where to put it yet, but I love it.

Next we headed to the Square to do some window shopping and see where the day lead us. We weren’t hungry for lunch yet, but we didn’t want to pass up lunch in Oxford if we did get hungry. So we headed to Larry’s to see if we could grab a seat on the patio for a few drinks. I found my new spring love; Abita Strawberry. If you have not tried this yet, drop what you are doing and head to the store to see if you can find some. Tupelo is now sold out of it. :(

Sunday afternoon I decided I couldn’t wait any longer for my herb seeds to really spout. I headed to Lowes to see what I could find in department of herb plants. Here is the first herb garden.

Clockwise: rosemary, tarragon, oregano, cilantro, parsley, basil.

I decided to put mint in is own container since it tends to take over. Mojitos!

I also have a cherry tomato plant.

Which I forgot to take a picture of, but it’s doing really well.

And a couple of jalapenos. (Please do not look at all the little weeds growing on the patio. We need to pull them up.)

At times I wish I had a sunny spot in the backyard for a true garden. I love my shady yard, but it would be nice not to have to do container gardening. Although I have gotten pretty good at it over the years since I have been doing it.

I hope they do ok while we are gone for the week. I’m going to see if Alicia will water them if they look like they need them while she is feeding Sunni. I’m hoping it rains some while we are gone, my poor yard needs it. I’m still waiting to see which seeds took and are spouting up. I have another whiskey barrel that I will use for those that make it. I still have a lavender plant that needs a home, but I had to put it alone and nor do I want to put it in the whiskey barrel alone. Depending on which seeds do not grow I’m going to be hunting for a few more herbs that I wanted to grow this year.

Happy gardening!