It's spring and the veggies are here

Despite dust from the construction next door, my veggies are growing every day. I love that we can pick our chilli peppers from our small garden, and I am looking forward to eating my tomatoes. It has been a long fight agains worms etc., but it seems like I am finally on the right track.

I love growing my own veggies and herbs, and when times are tough, it is so great to still be able to eat fresh veggies. The herbs and spices really save me a lot of money, and it adds so much to our cooking. At the moment I have two kinds of basil, oregano, cilantro and thyme.

I grow my veggies and herbs in pots with organic soil, as I would like to bring them with me, if we move. I just started using some organic feed, and they really seem to benefit from this. Some seeds are bought, a few plants are bought as well, and some of them have been grown from theveggies we eat.

When I went to college, we lived in a third floor apartment in urban New Jersey, and I really missed having a garden. We had a huge fire escape outside our window, and I managed to grow lettuce, peppers and tomatoes.

In Denmark my family has always had a huge vegetable garden, and when I moved back home to help out three years ago, my dad got me a green house for tomatoes and more. This really extended our season a lot, and I know that my dad still uses it.

Moving to Florida last spring was like a dream to me, and I really enjoy the tropical weather. I love the fact that I can grow veggies and herbs year round. Last year it was trial and error, but this year it looks like Florida has grown on me.


Here are a few photos from my spring garden.



Every day I find more chili peppers on my pepper plants. This pepper plant was planted a year ago, when we just moved here. I simply planted some seeds from a chili I was cooking with. I thought it was done producing chilis many times, but it just seems to become more sturdy for every month, and at the moment it has about 15 chili peppers on it.













I have many tomato plants this year, as I found out last year how easily they can get attacked by bugs. As you can see the tomato flowers are plenty, and I hope the tomato harvest will be great this summer. I cannot wait to serve fresh handpicked and homegrown tomatoes to my kids.





The tomato plant below was bought in September for my Gather gift card, but the tomatoes have been a long way coming. This plant has survived several worm attacks, and there are not many leaves left. I think it is a survivor though.






Last spring my attempt of growing cucumbers here in South Florida was unsuccessful, but this year it seems that there will be quite a few.






The flower above is one of the strangest flowers in my little garden.

The orchid below is hanging under the roof, and it has survived time and time again. It has not been watered at all, and during our winter drought I thought it was dead. My husband says it reminds him of his native country of Jamaica.



The aloe plant below was also bought in September for my Gather gift card, and it has grown a lot since then. One of my next project is to replant it. I love having aloe in the garden, as my oldest son is prone to mosquito bites.






This beautiful tree welcomes us in our front garden, and I love the brightness of its flowers. Our Jamaican neighbors (extended family) loves to sit in the shade of this tree and gossip, and when we have parties it seems to be a gathering point.