City Gardener First Harvest

After months of impatiently waiting, Auntie Nettie is pleased to announce that the basil from Jane over at Flax Hill Gardener has finally gotten large enough to harvest.

Thursday afternoon, I plucked about a dozen leaves to add a fresh taste to my salads and mozzarella sandwiches for the weekend.

The salad was so yummy. Jane, thanks for the basil ... and for the sharp bite of your radishes.

Blooming Basil

Monday, June 22nd

It smells so good.

Another couple of weeks, and I'll be able to make a sandwich

City Gardener Week 6

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Now we are cooking with canola oil!

Maybe I'll get some pesto out of this cracked pot after all.

City Gardener Week 5?

Monday, May 18, 2009

Finally! This is starting look like sprouts.

Maybe I'll get something by September after all.

City Gardener Week 4

Poor sprouts.

Too much watering by the City Gardener and

not enough sun is causing some basil bending.

I think Auntie Nettie might have a slightly black thumb.

City Gardeners Week 3

Thursday, April 30, 2009

2:00 p.m.

A Sextet of Sprouts

City Gardeners Week 2

As of Friday, 4/24/09 5:00 p.m.

Encouraging ... sprouts on the horizon

City Gardeners

You know how a tree grows in Brooklyn?

Well, we're hoping to have basil growing in Manhattan at the Big J.

Potted on Friday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. at my desk,

to the amusement (or befuddlement) of my boss

One BuzzySeeds Basil Grow Kit courtesy of Jane over at Flax Hill Garden.

I don't have enough light at home,

so I left it in the window sill of the office to get growing.

Stay tuned for updates.
I have more seeds to plant if I fry this batch of soil.

UPDATE: Monday morning discovery -- too much light in office window heated up the pot and cracked it into lots of piece. Thankfully, there are lots of vases and pots in the office, so the basil pot (cracks and all) are away from the window and in new containers. Lesson learned.

I'm hoping to get pesto out of this, as well as some basil, mozzarella, tomato sammies.