October 13, 2006
Reaping what others have sown
I moved into our new home armed with seeds and plants from Diggers and Ideas. Ideas about olive trees, plums, maybe an apple, etc etc etc. Discovering the garden has been a fabulous process because it seems the previous owners had spookily similar ideas. Hence I have been eating rhubarb for breakfast for the past two weeks and Jacob is growing hearty on home-grown potatoes. Yup, a wee bit of Holland in the backyard, a potato patch!
In the meantime I have sown my tomatoe seeds, capsicum, basil and lettuce. Our greek neighbour, George, has confided that he already has his tomatoe seedlings in. A heresy in Melbourne where Cup weekend is the official planting time. Our lebanese neighbour shakes his head in horror and mutters that it's far too soon. My Dragon fruit tree and vietnamese mint arrived today from Diggers together with two strawberry plants. There's a lemon from the front yard spritzing up my glass of water and learner-mulberries decking the tree outside our bedroom. And thats only the beginning!
Posted by Faith