Thursday, December 4, 2008

Rooftop garden at work update


The rooftop garden at work is going wonderfully. We've been eating silverbeet and parsley already. Although silverbeet and kale are winter crops, some kind souls did donate these seedlings to us, so we figured, what the hell. They haven't bolted to seed yet, but it probably won't be long. You can see how wonderfully well it is all growing. My only regret is that I never took a "before" shot to show you how totally horrid it was before - all dead shrubs and weeds in each and every pot. All but one of the old trees have been removed.

Kohl rabi, lettuce, poppies, a marigold and snow peas in this pot

The list of what we have planted now is quite long:
chili
dill
spring onions
poppies
parsley
kale
silverbeet
tomatoes (Lord knows how many varieties)
pumpkin
cucumber
zucchini
lettuce
kohl rabi
carrots
lavender
rosemary
snow peas
beans
sunflowers
nasturtiums
marigolds
coriander
strawberries
rocket
probably some more things I've forgotten about!

The west section of the terrace. More pots up the other end too!

2 comments:

Col said...

Nice one PC, it seems rather pleasant

Auntie Jappa said...

Lovely garden Beth!
Can you please bring us up to date on your tea bag string project? What did you end up doing with them?
Jas