So this year I wanted to take advantage of the season and do something that would benefit my family and I, while enjoying one of the beautiful aspects of my favourite season - growth. So what better thing to do than start a vegetable garden?
As you can see, it is most definitely a work in progress! It's been just over a month since I sorted out the soil and planted the little baby vege plants, and this is what we have so far. It was so exciting for me to see the plants grow to where they are now, so I thought it would be a fun idea to show you wee updates of how my little project is going! You can see from this photo that it's a little messy around in between my two little vege boxes, and that's the next thing I want to tackle, but it's a little hard to do as my back isn't liking all the bending over with the added weight I have on my front half at the moment, so i'm sticking to the small stuff for the time being. How about a tour - shall we?
The first thing I'll show you is my slightly overgrown green rhubarb plant. As i'm sure you can tell, I did not JUST plant this, it's been there for about a year now, mum actually planted it when she had the intention of starting a vege garden but didn't have the time. It's a lot smaller than it was about a month ago as we have used a LOT of it for desserts (rhubarb crumble and custard anyone?). It's incredibly rewarding having a dish that grew in your garden - you know exactly where it came from, and can be rest assured no nasty pesticides were used on them! This is my least favourite area of the garden to look at, so we'll move on from here...
So here's my first box of yummy's! From the left, I have kale, broccolini, a mixture of lettuce and then on the far right I have a row of coriander.
The kale is growing really well, I haven't used any yet but it's really taken off.
As for the broccolini, well I think it's doing okay... it's getting quite tall but there are no florets yet, I guess they might take a while.
The lettuce is growing (obviously), although not as fast as the others, and I am having a slight issue... slugs - they love the stuff! I've chucked some slug pellets on there so i'm hoping that keeps the buggers away.
The coriander is amazing, grows at a steady pace and there's plenty of it! Have used it a lot in the kitchen so far.
Moving on to the second box: the row at the back consists of some sugar snap peas, then from the left I have a tomato plant, strawberry plant (in the pot), spring onion and then spinach.
The sugar snap peas are growing super fast! They're wrapping themselves around the string and growing up them nicely - i'm getting excited, I love sugar snap peas! Especially nice with a wee dish of hummus, perfect healthy snack.
The tomato plant is looking pretty good, it has a few flowers and was a lot thicker than this, I just snipped off the bottom leaves so the nutrients aren't being wasted on them since they don't flower - that way the tomatoes soak up all the goodies.
The strawberry plant is doing well, but unfortunately I haven't had any strawberries! Nothing to do with the plant, in fact my dog is the culprit, she eats them as soon as they ripen! Incredibly frustrating, but I'm not too worried - at least she's not digging the garden to bits!
I'll be honest here, the spring onion is looking pretty pathetic - haha! It's not really doing much, growing pretty slowly. I'm not even sure you'll be able to see them in this image, there's a patch of them on the left of the spinach. Hopefully next update they're a bit happier!
And finally, the spinach! I love myself some spinach, but unfortunately so do slugs. This stuff is growing like crazy, i'm super stoked, but not so stoked about all the bite marks on them... I've chucked down some slug pellets so i'll keep you updated on that one!
So there you have it, my spring project. It really is a great way to keep myself grounded, and remind myself of the magnificent things that the season brings. If you're still stuck in the winter blues, I recommend getting out into nature and doing something similar - even if it's just growing a strawberry plant. It's not only a great form of meditation and reflection, but it's also incredibly rewarding, and gives you a sense of achievement.
So I'm curious to know, what are you doing to take advantage of spring? I'd love to know!
Thanks for reading this far, I hope you got something out of it!
Until next time,
Mikayla Katherine xx
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