other gardens

Andrew’s new basil plant in Hong Kong. So cute!

impatience helps no one

so i was getting discouraged with my avocado.  i peered into its growing crevice and saw nothing – no shoot, no root, no green. in fact, the whole thing looked like it wanted to give up and split apart. so in my curiousity and my discouragement, i popped the two halves apart, and in the [...]

no sign of roots

An update on my avocado…
It has split, it has husked, but there is no sign of any rooty ends or any leafy sprouts.

Have I grown a dud? Or did it never recover from the metal nails?
I will give it a few more days…

The garden experiment

I live in a high-rise in Toronto, but I would really like a garden. Not just a flowery garden, but one with edible goodies. I have missed the basil boat many times.  Since I will be moving soon, I can’t bring myself to start growing some now. I have, however, started sprouting an avocado seed”(though [...]