Monday, May 23, 2011

Harvest Monday

Wow, it has been ages since I last posted! That's the trouble with being in the end stages of a thesis, you miss the days as they fly on by while you are knee deep in words and ideas. The good news is that it is coming together and I should submit on time. The better news is that the Autumnal Harvest is already underway.

Shortly before my self-imposed thesis work-a-thon I planted some Winter crops. In went broccoli, wombok, snow peas (both dwarf and mammoth on a pretty little though slightly dangerous trellis) beetroot, beans, carrots and garlic. I've already sampled a tonne of baby spinach and I can tell you it is divine. I harvest it almost daily. So green, soooooo good for you, and so easy to grow, I don't know why I didn't plant this sooner. I plan on adding more to the garden asap.

Thanks for all the lovely comments while I was AWOL, they are so heartening. I promise to try and write more about the balcony garden and less about theoterical considerations of Third Reich memoir for historians so this blog gets going again! No current pics alas (I've lost the connecting cord for the umpteenth time) but here a pic from a Winter's garden past to get us in the mood for cool weather balcony gardening.



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3 comments:

Bangchik and Kakdah said...

You are going for double harvest.... thesis and vegetables. I hope everything is alright.

Daphne Gould said...

I wondered what happened to you. I'm glad you are still having some nice harvests though. Spinach is a wonderful treat.

Charmcitybalconygarden said...

Hello! I hope your writing is going well! I'm impressed by your concentration!! I was such a procrastinator while writing my thesis. Good luck and I hope that your garden is giving you comfort when you need it:)