My basil flowered when I was in Hong Kong. I picked them as soon as I could but could not bring myself to compost them. They were pretty and smelled lovely. I looked online to see what could be done
Year: 2010
Growing herbs – just do it!
Growing herbs is so easy. Many will grow easily from seed. I just stick the seeds into a pot of seeding soil and water well. They like full sun too. I was nervous about basil in full sun but it
Home is where the garden is.
I really missed my garden while we were in Hong Kong. It was exciting to see what had grown while were were away. Dalton, our young neighbor, had taken great care of the garden while we were gone and had
The many flavours of Hong Kong
When Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver’s Travels I wonder had he traveled directly from California – the land of giants (Brobdingnag) to Hong Kong – the land of miniatures (Lilliput). In Hong Kong everything is scaled down in size except for
Lost for words
When I do the Hong Kong thing I don’t really go for the Hong Kong Island experience or visit all the touristy spots and see the anglicized version of life in that part of the world. Oh no, I go
Humming and Ha-ing
This week, I finally got around to changing the hummingbird feeder, shamed into it, in part by reading that it should be cleaned every week and in part by the humming birds themselves, who would zip down to it then
Tears in the Garden
Another beautiful flower has blossomed for eternity in the Garden of Heaven. My husband’s mother passed away at the beginning of this week. She lived in Hong Kong, and my heart broke watching my husband’s anguish over not being able
Pulling the chicks and other babes…
Just when you think you have your day nicely planned, Mother Nature sees fit to throw a spanner in the works. Monday, I was all geared up for a day at the computer, setting my world to rights – well,
We have lift off!
It is with great irony that I submit the following photo to June’s Picture This Photo Contest over at Gardening Gone Wild. Though this guy is our sworn enemy, I submitted this shot, from The Peas Treaty post because I
Going Potty for Bloom Day!
I just couldn’t resist it! I wanted flowers like I would have in Ireland – I used to keep containers on the window sills of my apartment there – the closest thing I had to a garden for a while