As Stevo pointed out recently I haven't provided much of an update on whats been happening in my small courtyard garden of late.
So today I took a couple of photos with the iPhone for that very purpose.
This first pic is of my leeks I'm growing. My first attempt. I started these off from seed in small pots and last week transferred them to this long planter bag. A week on they are all vertical so I'm hopeful they all survived the move. Leek soup here I come!
Here's my carrots. This is my second crop with pretty good results the first time. This time I am offsetting the planting so the plan is once the first bag is done the second bag will be ready (or close to) and then I keep moving onto the next bag. I have 3 round planter bags and today just planted the 3rd bag (closest in the photo) so we will see how it goes. I have planted a few weeks apart but I think I planted the middle bag too soon but that was because I was going away on holidays and wanted to be sure they were up and running before I left.
Here are my snow-peas. I'm really excited about these as I've never grown them before and i love to eat them so it will be a real treat to have my own. I think they are only a week old and already have grown to a few centimetres. The plan here is to have them grow up the string I have dangling down from a square frame overhead. You can see the end of the string that is currently bunched up and tied in a knot. Once they are ready to grab hold I will release the string and away they go. I saw this plan on the web somewhere and I liked it because it's real easy to clean the string off at the end of the season by running your hand along it. I think there are about 10 strings hanging. They look real healthy so my fingers are crossed on these beauties.
Next up we have some spring onions. Again this is my first attempt and not real sure how they will go in this fairly shallow foam box. The box is from the failed mushroom project (damn mushrooms!). These were grown from seed too but a few didn't take hence the gaps but that's cool. We don't eat too many so if i get a few I'll be happy. I think its more an experiment to see how they go. Most of them are looking pretty healthy so hopefully we will have success.
So that's it. A few younglings in my my patch that i find really exciting. I love to see new life sprout to life. It's really fulfilling to grow some veggies even if its a very small amount. Being restricted to pots and planter bags is reality for me and I'm cool with that for now as I can use this time to learn and find out what works for me.
It's not about saving money for me but more the satisfaction of just growing something! Plain and simple but thats just me.
Cheers
Steve
So today I took a couple of photos with the iPhone for that very purpose.
This first pic is of my leeks I'm growing. My first attempt. I started these off from seed in small pots and last week transferred them to this long planter bag. A week on they are all vertical so I'm hopeful they all survived the move. Leek soup here I come!
Here's my carrots. This is my second crop with pretty good results the first time. This time I am offsetting the planting so the plan is once the first bag is done the second bag will be ready (or close to) and then I keep moving onto the next bag. I have 3 round planter bags and today just planted the 3rd bag (closest in the photo) so we will see how it goes. I have planted a few weeks apart but I think I planted the middle bag too soon but that was because I was going away on holidays and wanted to be sure they were up and running before I left.
Here are my snow-peas. I'm really excited about these as I've never grown them before and i love to eat them so it will be a real treat to have my own. I think they are only a week old and already have grown to a few centimetres. The plan here is to have them grow up the string I have dangling down from a square frame overhead. You can see the end of the string that is currently bunched up and tied in a knot. Once they are ready to grab hold I will release the string and away they go. I saw this plan on the web somewhere and I liked it because it's real easy to clean the string off at the end of the season by running your hand along it. I think there are about 10 strings hanging. They look real healthy so my fingers are crossed on these beauties.
Next up we have some spring onions. Again this is my first attempt and not real sure how they will go in this fairly shallow foam box. The box is from the failed mushroom project (damn mushrooms!). These were grown from seed too but a few didn't take hence the gaps but that's cool. We don't eat too many so if i get a few I'll be happy. I think its more an experiment to see how they go. Most of them are looking pretty healthy so hopefully we will have success.
So that's it. A few younglings in my my patch that i find really exciting. I love to see new life sprout to life. It's really fulfilling to grow some veggies even if its a very small amount. Being restricted to pots and planter bags is reality for me and I'm cool with that for now as I can use this time to learn and find out what works for me.
It's not about saving money for me but more the satisfaction of just growing something! Plain and simple but thats just me.
Cheers
Steve
And a top example for people who live in the city or have smaller yards. You should do quite well over the next few months out of your crops.
Yes I would like to get those bags out! I just have to find some cash, a spot that gets sun and some motivation. 
Right-O....
