It’s been a while, but today’s Garden Ruminations post about Six on Saturday made me want to post again.
One
Out with the old, in with the new: I still had some lemon balm tea from last year. It smelled like old leaves, so I dumped it on the compost. And now I’m using the same container to make Kräuterlikör with herbs from my garden: Vodka with rosemary, thyme and oregano. It has to steep for a couple weeks. Then I’ll add tons of sugar to make it really sweet and pour it into smaller bottles. Should make great Christmas gifts.
Two
Another nice harvest from my garden are these violet-colored beans. I sowed them in May or June, I think, and they grew very quickly. It’s a pity that they lose their color and just turn green when you cook them, but they taste lovely!
Three
Speaking of color, I got a bit depressed in July when it was raining and miserable, the spring flowers were long gone and absolutely nothing was flowering in my garden. So I bought a whole bunch of summer perennials and cleared out one of the many wild spots in my garden for them. They’re still looking great and I’ll add some more next year.
Four
Another pretty thing is this morning glory. Here it’s growing on my balcony, but like last year I also planted them around my compost bin and I just love this colourful plant. It’s also great compost when it dies in winter!
Five
Oh, the chilis… I grew so many Black Heart chili seedlings in spring that I got tired of planting them out in my garden and simply left them on the balcony in their tiny 5cm pots. They took it like champs and still made some fruit!
Six
As if that wasn’t bad enough, last month I bought cheap lavender plants that are still waiting to go into my garden… and there are also some other pots on the balcony that I’ve intended to plant out for weeks now. I hope I’m not the only plant hoarder here!
You are absolutely not the only one that has plants waiting to be put in the ground still 😀 Luckily, it’s been rainy enough to keep them happy, but I feel guilty every morning when I walk past them…
Hoard plants, what, me! As if I would. I have plants from two years ago that I still haven’t found the right spot for. A lot of things I grow in pots were meant to go in the ground and were potted up as a „temporary“ measure.
Nope, I do the same thing (hoard plants). I sometimes but something unexpected on the plants specials table and have a few weeks to consider where the new treasures will go. I just bought an unknown agapanthus and divided it up, but it spent weeks sitting in its root-stuffed pot! Love your morning glory!
I’m a plant hoarder, too! I buy them but it can take weeks for me to get round to planting them.
The Kräuterlikör sounds interesting, I’d never heard of that before.
Lovely Morning Glory, such a happy colour. I hope you get to plant out the lavender, it will be worth it.