January 31, 2011

garden grows

first ever potato harvest






This summer has seen my first serious attempt at veggie growing, and Ive been slowly enjoying my first homegrown eats these last few weeks. Im in love!

Unfortunately our house was sold so I'll be moving somewhere within the month. Im not sure what will be worse: saying goodbye to all those in-ground pumpkins, zucchini and corn, or moving all my potted plants (which includes 30-odd fruiting tomato plants) somewhere new! Aghhhh. Cross your fingers for me, please, the Melbourne rental market is seriously THE WORST!
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23 comments:

  1. amy v / over&underMonday, January 31, 2011 2:16:00 PM

    That sucks, good luck with the hunt, I'm sure you'll find a treasure. On the upside, you must have wicked green thumbs because your first try is pretty great! I'm also growing for the first time, it's been hit & miss

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  2. bawkbawkMonday, January 31, 2011 4:10:00 PM

    Yeah Amy, I think I got lucky with all the rain this year (plus I hope I might have inherited my mum/nannas thumbs)!

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  3. EliseMonday, January 31, 2011 5:05:00 PM

    Oh my gosh, Melbourne really is the worst! I hope you find somewhere great with a big backyard so you can keep on growing!

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  4. Lauren BamfordMonday, January 31, 2011 5:32:00 PM

    Sweet harvest! We have a bit of a veggie patch/balcony thing happening, but it's like 'lets share this one cherry tomato - yummm! yay us!'

    Good luck house hunting! xxx

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  5. freefallingMonday, January 31, 2011 6:23:00 PM

    Sheesh - that's a LOT of tomato plants!
    Have you grown any carrots - I have terrible trouble with those.

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  6. bawkbawkMonday, January 31, 2011 10:10:00 PM

    Thanks Elise, its a nightmare right now but Im sure it'll work itself out (these things always do)!

    Yep Lauren, that was me too up until a few days ago but now things are speeding up a bit and soon ill have INFINITYYY TOMATOOOOO!!!!

    Freefalling - I havent! They sound scary/hard to grow and soil here is too clayish so I dont bother! Hopefully next year.... without a lot of soil-prep first!

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  7. JoeTuesday, February 01, 2011 3:31:00 AM

    From the depths of an English winter, those shots are really uplifting. Thanks!

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  8. SuzanneTuesday, February 01, 2011 6:03:00 AM

    How wonderful to be able to grow veggies in your back yard! I hope to try it this year!

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  9. KateTuesday, February 01, 2011 9:09:00 AM

    Oh that is a shame your house got sold especially with all your veges in bloom!
    My garden is going incredibly too - has been pretty perfect garden weather I guess.
    Good luck on the house hunt...!
    x

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  10. Dawn TanTuesday, February 01, 2011 1:28:00 PM

    House hunting is.. hmmm... I know hw it is because I've been house hunting since nov.. in the end I decided to just give up and stay where we are now.. with higher than desired rent..

    But I am sure something will come up for you soon! I heard feb's a good month to house hunt.. : ) So stay positive!

    And those lovelies from your garden.. Oh my oh my.. So wonderful!

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  11. 1000 CatsTuesday, February 01, 2011 7:44:00 PM

    Such great photos, thanks for sharing :)

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  12. brigduongTuesday, February 01, 2011 10:14:00 PM

    Lovely photos & fingers crossed! :)

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  13. RiccardoTuesday, February 01, 2011 11:02:00 PM

    So beautiful pictures!

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  14. KristinaWednesday, February 02, 2011 4:07:00 AM

    love the pictures!! would love to also eat some home-grown vegetables! super nice!
    good luck with the house hunting...
    viele gruesse, kristina

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  15. AnonymousWednesday, February 02, 2011 11:41:00 AM

    What a bugger. Thats happened to us far too many times. So we ended up buying a place in Ballarat a few years ago. Now our garden is ours and this is the best time of the year for produce. Wish you all the best for the move and initially just finding a place!

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  16. HelmiThursday, February 03, 2011 9:13:00 AM

    Nice blog, thanks for sharing

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  17. AnonymousThursday, February 03, 2011 11:14:00 AM

    oh man, house hunting in melbourne is SO bad.

    i remember the days when you could go to a real estate agent and collect keys for about 8 different places to inspect, take your time going through them, then go home and think about it for a few days before deciding which one you wanted. and this was not that long ago, really.

    but now we are doing the same as many people seem to be doing; staying put because it is just too hard to find somewhere better.

    utmost sympathy and well wishes for you; it IS all worth it in the end, of course, but it can be frustrating getting there...

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  18. MelanieFriday, February 04, 2011 4:41:00 AM

    how amazing! bad news about the move. we just found out we might have to move soon too. not fun!

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  19. LucyFriday, February 04, 2011 2:02:00 PM

    Fingers firmly crossed.

    BUGGER!

    Think you've got more than a green thumb there...

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  20. stephanie claireSunday, February 06, 2011 10:26:00 AM

    aaahhh i this post makes me long for spring! too bad wisconsin is under inches and inches of snow... i'll enjoy through your photos.

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  21. JoyMonday, February 07, 2011 2:32:00 PM

    I wish I had greener thumbs! Maybe I should volunteer again at the school's community garden or something. Thanks for the inspirational post!

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  22. bawkbawkFriday, February 11, 2011 3:50:00 PM

    Thanks everyone for endulging my complaints (and you melbournians for agreeing with me)! So glad everything worked out in the end...

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  23. TimFriday, February 25, 2011 2:26:00 AM

    i love all of these. that table, awesome.

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