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A Veggie Harvest

We’ve had a shocking week with all sorts of things going wrong at work and its been extremely stressful. I’ve had barely a moment to look at my garden and even less time to go and do any shopping. I felt a bit like “Old Mother Hubbard” last night when I went to the cupboard and all we had was a single tin of tuna!

Nothing to eat, what to do? We thought about ordering in a pizza when I had a brain wave – what about a Tuna Salad? We have a veggie planter full of all sorts of greens growing and begging to be harvested. So dinner was all freshly picked from our garden and added to a tin of tuna! And it was YUMMY!! A mixture of cos and butter lettuce, a tomato, basil, some chopped chives, a pepper and a bit of parsley sprinkled on top! Very rewarding and cheap too.

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I’m inspired now to start planting more edibles! What a pleasure to take a basket and go and “pick your dinner”, fresh from the garden.

Happy Gardening!
xxx

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Food from my Garden

Oh, yes! I took a photograph of lunch from my garden today! Eggs from The Girls and lettuce, spinach, basil and parsley from the Planter. How much more organic can you get!! I can’t wait for the Veggie Patch to start producing. The Roma Tomato and the Sweet Basil are the best!

I have sown Basil seeds and Roma Tomato seeds together 3 weeks ago (I think, I forget) in the seedling tray. I am going to transfer them today into individual seedling trays. There is so much you can do with Basil – so good for you too.

Basil is also known as Ocimum basilicum, and has certain therapeutic properties and the reported benefits of using it internally, in the form of a herbal tea (infusion) are listed below.

lowering blood pressure
antispasmodic
easing tension
general detoxifier
cleansing the blood
lowering blood sugar levels
lowering stress levels
anti-inflammatory
lowering cholesterol
can be used as an “adaptogen”

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The DIY Planter

Here is the Planter you gave me for my birthday. I just love it! It works beautifully and I so love this that I am going to make more for the garden – they are simple to put together. And now that you have given me your dimensions, we are going to be busy building a whole lot of them. They are waist high, so you have an easy reach when you pick your ‘salad’ for lunch and no pests. What a pleasure.

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