Balcony update
Thursday, June 9, 2011 Sweet anticipation, flavour, scent & serenity*:
Tomato 'Glacier'
Tomato 'Kootenai'
Assorted green & red lettuces
Lettuce 'Sea of Red'
Assorted thymes: 'Doone Valley', 'Golden Lemon', Tabor', Thymus fastinoi
Compact oregano, Origanum vulgare 'Compactum'
Basil 'Genovese', Basil 'Red Rubin', Thymus x citriodorus 'Doone Valley', French Tarragon, Oregano 'Italian'
Addendum, June 10th: Oops -- forgot to explain the asterisk (*) after "serenity" in the first line. I wrote yesterday's post while roofers finished erecting scaffolding around our condo, floor-installers sawed new baseboards for the apartment in the building next door, heavy machines continued tearing up the side street for new Hydro pipes, and a recycling truck and moving van negotiated for space in the alley behind our building. Yes, my little balcony has become a green oasis that grounds, calms and nourishes me.
Reader Comments (5)
I love the red lettuce with the sun through it.
Oh, oh, oh your tomatoes have come along even more. And the red lettuces are gorgeous, but I particularly like the sound of that compact oregano. What a good idea. We use tonnes of the dried stuff, but I've never had any success growing one in a pot, as they seem to want to spread out so much. Lovely plant and it looks so healthy.
Hi, Arwen. Yes, I, too, love the way the translucent red leaves filter the sunlight. I'm growing this lettuce as much for looks as taste.
Hello, Kathryn. Yes, I'm delighted and surprised by the tomatoes as we didn't have much of a spring this year. However, the cultivar with the largest tomato is named 'Glacier' so perhaps it prefers cool weather ;-). I think you would like Compact Oregano. It has such a lovely habit. The variety is new to me (just bought it on the weekend) but it's already a favourite.
Garden is looking happy!
It 's great having fresh pots of herbs sitting in the sun again don't you think? I admit that it's been a little too cold here for the purple basil on my balcony - it just couldn't take the cool nights and so has now been replaced with a small fringed lavender plant. Have you seen the boxwood basil?
If happy = crowded, well my balcony is in a state of bliss. :-)
Hello, Kim. I visited your balcony this morning & my eyes enjoyed the purple splendour of 'The President'. And after a few delightful minutes of reading your recent posts, I left with a case of alpine envy -- the friendly sort.
Boxwood Basil is new to me -- thanks for pointing it out. I would love to add one to my collection so will look for it in the garden centres.