basil, basil, basil

I have high hopes for garden basil. In the past, planting it in the main veggie bed, it's the first to be devoured, it's tender leaves perforated nearly overnight. I'm hoping that isolating into a tall planter will keep it from falling prey to the cut worms and slugs that are inevitable in the main bed, and let these tender babies flourish!

I planted three species: lovely genovese sweet basil for caprese salad, delicate yet spicy thai for soups, and a new-to-me flavor: purple basil. Apparently it's fabulous in pesto, so if it takes off, I'll give that a try!

Now: fingers crossed!

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eye candy

Not everything I plant is edible - I like the eye candy, too.

Week 4 Lunado Garden

Even though we have had cold, wet and overcast weather for the past week and I want to hide on the couch with a good movie and popcorn, the garden is thriving.




I pulled apart all the little bunches of onions and fennel. It took FOREVER but is now all pretty in little rows. I also think my squash plant was actually 2 so pulled it apart. It now has scary looking yellow leaves. Anyone know why?


Snowball tree is getting even poofier(is that a word?).


I'm planning to pull out bug-eaten basil and plant some kind of bean.


Lettuce is growing like crazy! It's so pretty, I hate to pull off the leaves but a salad may be in order for the weekend.


El gato esta en al jardin.