Still alive and kickin'

Life was a bit crazy the last days and there were too many other tasks to deal with.. And no time for blogging or crafting. That's maybe why I decided that it was time for a little something for myself. A girl needs a treat every now and then!

 

Some flowers and "Alys' Küchengarten" - Original: The Edible Garden

I love Alys Fowler's books. I already have one and it's a pleasure to read it. And Alys shares so many good ideas for small gardens, rich crops and how to have all that on a budget.

BTW: I have some new projects going on and I'll tell you about them soon! ;-)

Not much to see yet.....

I prepared my seed boxes this week. There's not much to see yet, but I'm positive to find some tiny germ buds soon. I sowed calendula, borage, verbena, morning glory, woodland strawberries, seven different chili breeds, hollyhock, bee balm, and cobaea scandens. I have some more seeds that need to wait til april.

I'm so excited about all those beauties to be! I really hope that the hollyhocks do well, they're one of my favourite plants.

And I found out that some of my herbs, which I was sure they didn't make it through winter, are pullulating! Yay! :D

Spring's almost here!

I'm pretty sure that spring's almost here... :-)

 

 

Garden Plans

It's february now and time to make some garden plans! What will I have this year?! So difficult to decide! Have you ever pondered over a seed catalogue? If you haven't, it's like beeing a little girl in a toy store! Oh, I want this, I want that! And I absolutely NEED that! I have an itsy-bitsy tiny garden with aweful ground. And the place where my plants get enough sun is even tinyer. That's why I'm having a container garden. That also means very limited space. Luckyly, there are a lot of plants which grow well in containers. 

I went through my stash of last seasons seeds and decided to be strong and only buy the absolute minimum! Be frugal, girl, use what you already have.. But, there're at least some plants I NEED..

Last years chilis were awesome and I'm a sucker for cool looking chilis. That's why I bought four new chili sorts.

 

 Red Cap Mushroom-capsicum sinense

Don't they look cool?! It has a 4 on the 5point scala, so it's quite hot.

Black Hungarian chili-capsicum annuum. It's only a three, but the green leaves should be highlighted by purple veins. So pretty! And black chilis are cool! : D

Sweet Hungarian Pepper-Capsicum annuum. The dried and ground fruit gives you the real hungarian red and sweet pepper. Now I have a whole summer to find out how to grind them..

Tequilla Sunrise Chili-Capsicum annuum, Pro Specie Rara

I needed more colour and this yellow is just lovely.

I have a deal with a good friend: We'll exchange the plants we don't need. So I'll get at least two or three sorts more. YAY!

I love herbs, too. I already have some (Sage, mint, rosemary) and I have seeds for basil. I need more (thinking about making my own garden herb soap!) I decided on St.John's wort and borrage because I think borrage is pretty. (Silly me..) I will also have verveine and bee balm.

 

All pictures taken  here

Early Spring

 I finally managed to get some of those ubber cool glass vases in which you can grow hyacinths. I love hyacinths! They smell sooo good! And they're a piece of spring in the middle of winter. Those bulbs should make white ones. I can't wait for them to grow. What a lovely contrast: Red vases and white flowers against the gray winter sky...