cause i'm a fatty

Ever since I started to grow catnip, my relationship with my cat has completely changed. The first time I brought home some fresh herbs from the farmer’s market, I found our cat voraciously chomping down on the leaves. I now surround the catnip with rosemary and hot pepper plants so it isn’t vulnerable to kitty munching…but it’s a lot of fun watching the cat sniff, inspect, lick and tear up a single leaf in seconds. Immediately following that he rolls over on his back and then scurries away for a few hours, doing what, we don’t bother to inquire. 

Anaheim, Jalapenos, and Pimientos 

It’s only been 2 weeks, and I haven’t killed them yet. I see little flower buds forming, which means fruit is just around the corner. These plants love the hot sun, they grow twice as much on the weekends when I have time to “regulate” them and keep them from burning. I can’t wait for summer vacation to give me more time for some hobbies. 

Monica’s Plants 

Basil and Cilantro have been the hardest herbs for me to grow in Colorado. The direct sun light wilts the fragile stems of these plants and they don’t grow much as indoor plants.  I’ve been slowly trying to increase the hardiness of these plants, placing them in the sun for short periods of time and misting them often with water. I miss the humidity of the East coast, where you can leave a basil plant out without tending to it, and within weeks it you can rip it off in bunches and use in pasta sauce.

The cilantro has been the most temperamental of them all! This plant is growing out in ten different directions and keeps getting entangled within itself. I got some gardening wire and props to help with the height but the plant is sprouting flowers, which means coriander seeds. Hopefully there are a couple more harvests left from this, or I think I’ll stick to buying my cilantro from Sprouts. 

The rosemary, I’ve had better luck with, growing in a nice steady pace -steady enough for us to use frequently in cooking. Now that I’m certain there are no freak snowstorms in our future I’m hoping within a month of new life as outdoor plants, these babies will really come to fruition.    

My Basil Plant

I love to create, nourish, and make things grow. 

My basil plant. I love basil but sometimes it gets so expensive and I never use it all up so I thought the best thing to do would be to grow it myself. I’ll chronicle the life of this baby plant as it (hopefully) comes to fruition.