Simple Living - how does the garden grow?

Living simply is a journey that I decided to embark on at the start of the year.  For me, it’s a conscience effort to slow down, live more in the moment and get back to the basics of life.  Growing my own vegies was one of the ways I wanted to get more in touch with nature and so I planted a vegie patch in April.  Time to see how the garden grows!

 

We’ve been enjoying many salads and sandwiches from our rather extensive lettuce crop!  The beauty of it is I just pick off as much as I want at the time, and then by the next time I make a salad… it’s grown again.  This mix is just lovely…. Grown from seed it is so inexpensive to grow and barely needs any care.  I’ve probably planted a bit close together, but the baby lettuce leaves are just so sweet and delicious.

 

 

Carrots that my daughter and I planted using newspaper pots haven’t fared so well.  Over winter they have barely grown at all.  Now that we’ve had some warmer weather though, they seem to be have a bit of a growth spurt.  I hope so! 

Unusually, a tomato plant that my daughter potted last year and we transplanted into the vegie patch has thrived.  It’s grown incredibly huge over winter – something I certainly didn’t expect.  It already has a baby green tomato growing, and plenty of promise for more to come with its budding yellow flowers. 

 

We had also planted broccoli seeds, but the seedlings ended up being overgrown by the tomato plant, and they didn’t survive.  I’d like to attempt broccoli again next winter. 

So, a few hits, a few misses.  Lots more to learn about what to grow when and happily I have replaced having to buy lettuce with growing my own.  I’m certainly proud of that!

If you have successfully grown vegies over winter, I love to hear about – please share your tips with me!  Write a post below or send me an email to livewelllivesmart@gmail.com .