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shiukopuppy's posts about: rocket
Sep 20, 2007 | 4:19 AM PST
Tags: salad , rocket , arugula , lettuce
Tonight we ate a salad with lettuce, rocket and wild rocket from our garden! It was tasty.. we added virgin olive oil, balsamic, lemon juice and kalamata olives from the farmer's market! When I harvested the rocket, the fragrance that was released was as exciting as harvesting cilantro.. mm! We also ate some fresh eggs from our new chickens today.
Most of the time in the garden lately has involved organizing the coop but I also found time to plant herb seeds for spring - Thai basil, Flat leaf parsley, basil and cilantro.
Jul 31, 2007 | 7:48 PM PST
Tags: Telephone peas , Green feast peas , snowpea , rocket , lemon in pot , tomato
I browsed a different nursery this weekend and found rocket and garlic plants. I planted out the rocket in my peas bed. I didn't label which peas were which and they're developing at different rates and shades of green which is exciting! They are telephone peas, green feast peas and Chinese snowpeas and are now two months old and very resilient, despite several heavy frosts. They developed some rust-like brown spots on their lower leaves, but I can't work out whether they have rust or have been frostbitten. Anyway they seem happy as there are no predators in the winter and they're are wrapping their curly tendrils around the string supports I made for them.
I need to organize some shade loving plants and maybe companion plants for the grapes in the front yard. It is tricky though.. I live in an inner city area (if you could call it that - I don't feel that where I live could really be called a 'city'). Since I moved into this house, I've tried to keep the front yard as tattered and trashy as when I moved in, hoping to discourage thieves from taking a further look inside. This strategy didn't work as I was broken into a couple of weeks ago, so today I cleared away some of the rubbish that people throw over my fence. I'm going to give it the same love as the back yard, and take out some home insurance!!
Earlier in the week I visited my parents house. Last time I was there. I planted some tomato, chilli and eggplant seeds in pots for my mum. Their climate is warmer, and the tomatoes look great ! Chillis/eggplants are a little bit slower.
