Things I love to Grow...
My love of gardening has existed since I was a small child I have many
fond
memories of digging up our family vegetable patch in Taupo, and
hanging out
with my Nana Kenny and Nana Barker in their gardens. I use
to love getting
lost in my Nana Barker's garden for hours because it was
huge. Now I have my own garden and when my niece Caitlin (who
affectionately has always called me "Aunty Fun") was 2 years old I
offered to paint her a mural at the end of the "
hidden garden"
she insisted on flowers and a sun, so that's what she got.
I garden primarily to grow vegetables to
feed ourselves and others and to
fuel my love for cooking.
I can happily say that last summer I never spent a cent on vegetables,
as I
grew capsicums (including green, chocolate, banana & purple
capsicums),
cucumbers (including apple, Lebanese, short and telegraph
cucumbers),
tomatoes (including red and yellow cherry and dwarf
tomatoes), all kinds of
lettuces, rocket, spring onions, onions, garlic,
potatoes, squash, pumpkins,
radishes, beans, celery, strawberries etc. This spring I am
preparing my garden for summer...
What's
happening in the garden this month
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