Let me take a chance here to show you what I’m growing at my vegetable and herb garden.
Eating fresh-picked sweet-pepper or vine-ripened tomatoes is a life-altering experience. Besides, home-grown produce is more nutritious, it is an enjoyable outdoor activity especially for the kids.
Spending sometime gardening, watering the plants is so much fun and stress relief from our everyday duties. As for the kids, it’s very motivated task, filled with fun part when they sharing watering the plants, it’s like water games for them haha…
My husband helped me built three planter boxes this year, with plastic fence around it to protect the plants from the wild rabbits. We planted many vegetables and herbs.
In this little planter bed boxed garden at my backyard, there is some tomato plants and cherry tomato
The cherry tomato, look how beautiful and delicious they are!
Our first hot-house tomato produce.
Carrots and horseradish
Cucumber and romaine lettuce
Strawberries and sweet pepper.
In the other side there is some mint
And sage.
At my backyard dick balcony, I grew some herbs in big pots.
Here is the citronella known as Mosquito Plant (we call it otra in arabic, and usually we put it in the hot tea, it gives the tea a very pleasant smell and taste, like early grey tea).
Here is some greek oregano.
And german thyme.
Also some mint.
Here in a small pot of mint at the balcony.
Rosemary
Basil
And some dill.
isn’t it so beautiful? to have all of these fresh vegetable and herb in” Handy Mandy” use every time you look for special recipes you want to make.
thefooddoctor said:
Mashalla…amazing Samah 🙂
Good Cooks said:
It is, Sawsan…
This is the best thing I did this summer. hahaha
fatisrecipes said:
This is such a beautiful little place.. Thanks for sharing it with us 🙂
Good Cooks said:
Thanks fati, hope ypu enjoy seeing it. Thanks for stopping by.
Manu said:
Oh Samah! This looks amazing! I can’t believe how many different plants you are growing! Great job, well done! I have never done any gardening, but looking at these pictures is pushing me to try next summer!!!
Good Cooks said:
It’s really a great experience, for you and the kids too, hope you will enjoy it next summer.
Thanks Manu for stopping by, you are more than welcome.
Nami @ Just One Cookbook said:
You have a beautiful garden! I’m so envious. I live right next to the canyon and they eat everything…so now we can’t even plant anything!
Good Cooks said:
Haha … Nami, I wish I live near canyons, especially after my trip to canon city, colorado.
To live within the nature is very interesting, how beatiful and charming these places are! For the garden ideas, you can plant some in a big pots infront of your house or in the backyard if it’s fenced.
Thanks for stopping by.
tiff or simon said:
nice garden. you seem to love the mint. what recipes do you have for using all that mint. they seem to grow crazy here and except for ice tea, i can’t find a good use of it.
Good Cooks said:
Hi, Thanks for stopping by. I am sorry for the late reply, I was in coclorado for vacation.
Oh yes, we mediterranean love the flavor of the mint in many dishes. As you mentioned, in the tea is very wonderful, either hot tea or cold. Alot of the mint also is for drying, to use it in snowy winter days. We use it in the salads especialy the yogurt cucumber salad or dip, fresh or dried, also use it as spice in the marinade, like the oregano or italian herbs, it add a wonderful flavor to the grilled chicken, for tuna salad it elevates the flavor to another level, and don’t forget to use it with the lemonade this summer, it adds a refreshing taste, and so many ideas, thats what i remmeber now, hope you stick by and you will see many recipes using the mint in it.
Thanks for stopping and asking. My pleasure to help you.
Good Cooks said:
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your comment and courage, I will do my best, Thanks for your kind words.