• Baku
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    1 year ago

    Gardening update!

    Everything seems to be going really well!

    The basil (edit: parsley not basil) in particular seems to be loving it’s new life outside of a bunnings.

    The mint is.also going really well, although the rosemary is looking much the same

    (I tipped that water in the corner out. It seems to have copped a lot from all the rain recently)

    For anyone who’s interested, here’s how it was looking 17 days ago:

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        1 year ago

        Thank you! It’s doing so much better than I expected

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      It all looks thriving!

      My parsley is still a bit fainted but hopefully it recovers soon

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        Yes, it’s all doing so much better than I expected!

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      Yay! I’m really happy to see how you’re going with your foray into gardening. That mint is absolutely going ham, before you know it you’ll be needing to transplant it. May everything continue to prosper and give you joy :)

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        Ooh you’re right… I’m going to need to learn how to do a transplant soon. I was never very good at operation, but I should be good as long as there’s no metal and electricity…

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      Put the mint on concrete. If the roots get through the pot into the dirt, you’ll have mint forever, it tends to take over. Spite plant it if you get evicted. Keep the mint in a pot, a big one if needs be, but a pot.

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        Good point. Not sure about a pot, at least for the moment, but I’ll definitely move it onto the concrete and a little bit away from the edges. Luckily if it does start spreading, we don’t really use the section of garden it’d most likely spread too because it doesn’t get much sun, so I could probably poison it if it ever came down to it

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      1 year ago

      Looking excellent! Almost time to tip prune the mint (and use the prunings for something!) to keep it bushy with lots of sprigs. Rosemary takes longer to grow - really really likes sunshine - so it all looks good.

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        Yep! I’ve never grown anything before so I didn’t know it was going to grow that much and so quickly. Luckily I do love mint, but I’ve never had fresh mint so I might need to find some inspiration for what to put it on/in

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          1 year ago

          Turkish style mint tea … so yum in hot or cold weather. Fresh mint smashed up with basil & parsley for pesto to mix into in spaghetti - lots of lovely options. Mint juleps!!! I have to admit I go through a lot of mint in summer in the form of juleps.