My bucket of Greens! 8/8/13

My bucket of greens in my container garden! Basil, Swiss Chard and cut & grow lettuce!  It looks like a healthy salad bowl! What makes it better is that the basil is from seeds I saved last year! 

Planted Basil 7/4/13

While my basil seedlings continue to grow I planted the small pot of basil I got at Lowes in the ground near my tomatoes.  They're companion plants so they should grow well together! 

Basil seeds growing 5/29/13!

Last summer I grew some sweet basil and allowed it to go to seed at the end of the summer.  Before a frost and Hurricane Sandy I collected the seeds and left them in a glass cup all winter.  They looked just like poppy seeds.  I know I didn't store then in ideal conditions but figured I would try growing them anyways.  I started the seeds in an egg carton.  Before I planted the seeds I let them soak in a cup if warm water for a few hours.  To my surprise they formed a gel coating around the seed just like Chia Seeds do! I wouldn't have been surprised if none of the seeds sprouted but most of them did!  Now I have an egg carton filled with basil sprouts! Hopefully the will continue to grow and I can plant themin between  my tomatoes!  If I get enough plants I can use them in sauces or maybe even try to make pesto!! 

Another large harvest 7/31/12!

As the hot month of July ends on a cloudy cool note my garden is starting to offer up treats on a daily basis!! I'm so glad all my hard work has worked out! Today's harvest:

1 four an a half inch pickle cucumber
1 big boy tomato (partially ripen)
4 Juliet tomatoes (partially ripen)
3 cherry tomatoes (partially ripen)

I would also like to mention that I've been using a lot of my herbs as well especially my basil plant and rosemary plant.

Small Harvest and Garden Update 7/24/12

Today's harvest was small just a cherry tomato and a Big Boy Tomato. Since I didn't get a big harvest I thought I would take some pictures of the garden. I took a picture of the garden, of the Japanese eggplant growing, my watermelon plant and the cucumber plants I started in pots in early July!

I also threw in a picture of a side dish I made using basil and cherry tomatoes from my yard! I added some mozzarella with a little oil for a great taste!

Re-potted basil and cucumber plants

I finally got around to potting my basil plant, I bought the herb at Lowes around 4th of July, kind of late in the season but it's still useful! I also re-potted some cucumber plants. After seeing how well the squash plant is doing in the pot, I decided to grow some cucumber in pots. I have the pickle bush variety which is compact, therefore easy to grow in containers. I started the cucumber from seed the last week of June in one pot. They sprout pretty quick during the 90 degree heat and I separated them today so each plant has their own pot. I'll stake the cucumbers so they grow straight up and hopefully will give me some extra cucumbers! As I laid the new pots on the deck next to my watermelon and cayenne peppers, I realized my container garden is getting pretty big! I love it!

Now I just need to find a place for my rosemary plant...