This is our first year planting dill, one pot holding one sprig of dill! Such a cute little plant with delicate wisps of flavor. It’s a great herb to flavor dips, pasta, pickles, & more. Even though we only planted one plant this year we ended with way more dill than anticipated. Our new yard came with an abundance. Strong stalks of dill sprang up in distinct patches and a few misplaced around the yard. It’s actually quite a beautiful plant. By the time we moved in, this bunch of dill was beginning to flower so we were granted the opportunity to harvest dill seeds for the first time. I never really though about dill seeds before, I understood they existed but gave little thought to how it all happened – how did the seeds form and could I witness it? [Read more...]
Pepper Garden
So, it’s definitely apparent that our garden is predominantly made of peppers. We have far more peppers than anything else. We started the garden in mid-May with six different types: red chili, cayenne, banana, Hungarian hot yellow, habeñero, and jalapeño. [Read more...]
Garden Green Pizza
This would be our second time enjoying this year’s greens from our garden – spinach & Swiss chard. It’s also the second variation of this pizza… but small changes can make a big difference! [Read more...]
Our Garden Moved
Our garden has officially moved! And so did we, of course. I guess I can blame all of the busyness and work of moving for my slow-to-post attention to this site as of late. But now we and all of our plants are settling into our new space and getting ready to share again. But first let’s touch base with last couple of weeks of the garden’s progress, a lot has happened since the first update. [Read more...]
Garden 2010
The beginning of May was rather cold here in Chicago. I anxiously waited for it to warm up so I could get my potted garden started. I worried that I would be getting a late start but actually began the first installation of plants one day ahead of last year. May 16th 2010. [Read more...]