It has recently come to my attention that our apartment has become something of a jungle. People with too many houseplants always struck me as a little kooky; lo and behold, who is throwing stones while living in a glass (green)house now? I justify it to myself by growing, in large part, extremely utilitarian plants, mostly herbs. No ferns or spider plants here. Anyhoo I thought I might introduce you to my wee indoor garden:
Kitchen Window
L to R: Basil seedlings, rosemary, sage, parsley
Drying Herbs on the Stovetop
L to R: Lemon verbena, rosemary, oregano. These three are growing like crazy, so I'm harvesting them to make the plants fuller and (in the case of the oregano) stave off flowering.
Desk Window
Top to bottom: Oregano, Moses (cat), lemon verbena, chamomile. This is the window in front of my desk. The lemon verbena may take over my USB ports soon, hence, the trim.
Scented Geranium
This guy is the oldest plant of the bunch. I think he's been around for about two years now. Obviously his growth gets a bit OOC ... see my previous post on uses for scented geranium leaves.
Bedroom Window
These three geraniums that grace the windowsill outside our bedroom window are the only decorative plants we have. Admittedly, we enjoy them very much. They add a cottage quality to the bedroom, I think. You can only see two of them in the photo. They pulled through the winter inside nicely and have been flourishing out there for a couple of weeks now.
Bedroom Window Seedlings
L to R: Thyme, rosemary seedlings. These two babes have been slow going, and are probably not getting enough sun. But frankly we're running out of room for them elsewhere.
The Mint I Almost Killed
It sat so unobtrusively on the fire escape below the geraniums that I, whoops, forgot to water it for about two weeks. Holding out some hope, I watered it generously yesterday and it sprung (somewhat) back to life. There's a lesson in there somewhere. Perhaps I'll have a mojito this afternoon to celebrate its resurrection.
In the Shadow of the A/C
Catnip will, I suspect, grow anywhere. I didn't have room for it anyplace else, so stuck it on the windowsill next to our air-conditioner. It seems to be doing just fine.
Chivey
Our chive plant, fondly known as "Chivey" (in the spirit of obvious names for pets and plants, see "Catty" the cat and "Sandy" the sand-colored childhood dog), was another near-casualty. I'm glad she lived: I'd hate to kill a plant that had a name.
I'll confess that there are a few more, but they're experimental so exempted from the tour. Farmer Chris is attempting a few tomato plants and one sweet pepper on the roof, but the future is frought with potential rooftop-vegetable challenges. If there are "fruits" to this endeavor, you'll certainly hear about them by the end of the summer, though.
And there you have it - photos of the greening earth society. Oh wait, no, they're of my apartment! The Greening Earth Society are those anti-greenhouse-effect coal industry yahoos.
Posted by jess at June 5, 2005 4:14 PMwow, your food must be well flavored and tasty- it amazes me whenever anyone can even keep a plant ALIVE. I have (unintentionally) killed every plant i have ever owned- including cacti...
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Hi Jessica! I'm new to your blog, but your style and taste for colour just sucks me in. Your blog title, and the picture to go with it, simply went straight to my heart.
And now it's funny to discover that you are growing all the plants (herbs) I have (the down-to earth ones, like sage, basil, mint, chamomile etc), plus the ones I am dreaming to buy (lemon verbena, scented geranium)!! I'm more a leaf - person rather than a flower - person, plus I really enjoy the preactical side of herbs.
And, speaking of herbs, have you tried making hand-made cosmetics with them? Might work with sesitive skin (but cannot replace sunscreen, I know..)
See you around..
But...I *like* my three dozen houseplants! Most of them are small, and the vast majority of them are on a set of shelves in my front window... I'm not a crazy spider-plant- or fern-lady.
Posted by: naomi at June 6, 2005 12:37 AMDon't worry, you can't possibly kill mint. It always comes back whether you want it or not.
Posted by: Alexandra at June 6, 2005 2:04 PMJessica,
Hah! How cute. Almost killed a mint? Silly woman, don't you know mint is immortal -- you couldn't kill it if you tried :)
Shanna
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