what's growing in your garden?

thank goodness it's finally warm enough here in Georgia to begin growing a new garden. Needless to say my herbs were not going to live here during the winter with below 40 degree temperatures and when I moved them inside they got kind of weird. So here we are all fresh and new. I do not have as much space here as I did in Miami to have the bumper crop of herbs but I will make due with what I have so far. As of right now I'm growing Basil, Mint and my favorite Sage. (always the most difficult for me to find) I like to grow Basil for pesto and just one of my favorite herbs to throw into anything I'm cooking, I grow mint for mojitos and Sage for cooking with chicken and also this great stuffing recipe I have. I may add at least two more herbs to my garden and am hoping to add some type of flowering plant or just some type of big tropical plant to our patio landscape. :)

Gardening...

If you all remember I had a very nice herb garden in Miami, well when we moved it was going to be really difficult to move the plants so I left them with one of my friends in Miami. Now that we're in Georgia I have been working hard to create a new garden up here. (I just can't seem to allow myself to purchase herbs in the store when I know how easy they are to grow.)

So it was no problem finding Basil and Mint but I NEED MY SAGE (lol) that has always been the most difficult for me to find and of course it's a very necessary herb to have around this time of the year. Well I decided to try ordering some online since I couldn't find any sage plants locally.

Here's what came in the mail:

(get me out)

when I first took the plants out the box and chuckled at how pitiful they looked I thought HEY I ordered three plants there are only two here and they charged me for three what is going on... well when I took the wrapping off the plants I realized...

there was actually three separate plants there. Parsley, Thyme and SAGE!

now they are planted and hopped up on a lot of plant food so let's see what happens, I hope I have this growing before to long.

The place I ordered them from seemed very nice and the grower was very helpful with answering a lot of questions for me since I wasn't sure about how cold it could get before I had to bring the plants inside so we'll see how the growing process goes now. I have faith!

By the way you have to bring the herbs (and yourself) inside when it gets below 40 degrees, needless to say they are in the house now. :)

find beauty in your own backyard

they say beauty lies right in your own back yard, well if that's the case here some pictures from the "backyard" at our new place. :)

These are photos from the courtyard area, it's a nice little green area where you can sit and relax, hang out with friends or perhaps barbeque some hamburgers whatever you'd like. Check it out.

or is this considered my backyard? do you see the gnome?

it's all about a beginning, here is the beginning of my next little garden. Some flowers and some herbs (mint for the mojitos and basil for everything else.)

tomorrow we will find out where this leads...

A little more from the Garden

Had to take some more pics of my garden. We recently added a Gardenia Plant to the mix and it's so beautiful and smells great. Everyday it has a new bloom, which is always fun to discover.

Here's some pics of the Gardenia Plant.

How does your Garden Grow?

Straightened up the backyard and have been paying some special attention to my garden lately so I wanted to share some pics of the bumper crop I have going on right now of herbs. My plants are doing so well I think I could open a farm stand and start selling them. I'm growing Sage, Basil, Parsley, Oregano, Rosemary and Thyme.

Here's some pics, also check out the new addition to the garden a little gnome - how cute...