Wow, you have such amazing diversities! So many plants I have never heard of. Melon pear, Crosne, Yacon, fig-leaf gourd... I had to look them all up. Love your bee houses in the photo with the grapevines! Are they for Mason bees? Your herb spiral looks great, too. You have a lovely garden. Your girlfriend is doing a great job :) !
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Thanks.
The bug house I actually made myself last year. It was my first ever DIY thing using wood, and I was pretty proud when I finished it. It was the start of a new love for working with wood, something of which I thought I couldn’t do it. I’ve been building my own gardening beds since
There are some mason bees living inside indeed :0)
I love to try out the lesser known veggies. Last year was the first time I tried growing them. I found out there’s this farm specialized in unknown and forgotten veggies and fruits just around the corner, so that gave me a head start.
Some of last year’s successful experiences I have replanted this year, like the yacon and melon pear. Others I didn’t give a second chance. For example the kiwano and the lychee tomato. Both were beautiful plants, but their taste was not exceptional enough to make up for the fact that they were both some of the meanest plants I’ve ever come across. While the lychee tomatol has very big thorns, the kiwano vines and leaves are covered with thousands of almost invisible thorns - too painful to handle, lol. So, leaving out those made some room for new experiments. :0)
Wait till I show you my tomato and sweet pepper experiments... lol. Last year I grew only one variety of each, this year I went completely crazy.
I’m going to try to post an ‘inside-the-greenhouses’-update tomorrow
Perfect! Now you got me all curious about the experiments you are doing with tomatoes and peppers, I want to know more. It does sound painful to handle the plants you mentioned. I have never heard of lychee tomato, just the name alone made me want to try it. I love lychee.
Looking forward to the ‘inside-the-greenhouses’-update tomorrow! Don't think I have even seen the inside of your greenhouse yet. You got me all excited girl!