The Fire Escape Garden

Snow garden.

Tomatoes are still ripening. . . – Trailing sapphires are still kicking. . . But I know it’s only a matter of time before the cold zaps everything.  I missed our fall planting window, but have an idea about garlic for the spring.  And check out this beautiful lettuce, gone to seed.

Salad with garden lettuce, tomatoes, and store-bought avocado (obv). The lettuce was a little tough, but the flavor of our garden produce is really incredible.

I have never really liked bees, and always ran away at swarms of them near trash cans in the schoolyard.  But in my garden, I can’t get enough.  I know they’re not interested in me one bit, and instead are doing the happy work of pollination. Okay, if anyone is out there and reading, what [...]

These are the last of the wildflowers – unless the Forget-Me-Nots finally bloom! Trailing sapphires are still going, but the daisies etc are done. Chamomile might surprise me with a few new flowers! Herbs harvested for dinner tonight – including a ton of basil, which we used in this wonderful dish.

I love when I get to make it home during sunset. The west side of our apartment (including the living room, kitchen and fire escape!) is really lovely then. View out the kitchen window.

Lettuce is doing better, now that it is getting more light (previously blocked by flowers and cucumber). But a mess!!! Baby Striped German! One is nearly ripe now, and there are 3 or 4 growing. . . Yayyyy, late bloomer! Moved the Alpine Strawberry into a 12″ pot. GO STRAWBERRY! These little berries taste like [...]

Wildflowers, chamomile flowers.

Um, yum. And more deliciousness – finally going to have at least one Striped German tomato (L) and  a crop of Black Prince tomatoes. –– Some plants are on their last legs – wildflowers, even some basil – going to plant some fall seeds in their place.  When I pulled out this wildflower, I could [...]

Part of brekkers: – (These are Alpine strawberries, and you can read more about them in this article.) And dinnerz!  (Pasta with herbs and tomatoes from the garden, plus a little olive oil, cheese, and veggie sausage!) –