My indoor garden

 

Despite the lack of sunlight this season, my little indoor garden is managing to eek out a living in the only south facing window in the house. This bowl has parsley salvaged from the dismal outdoor plantings and some lethargic basil that I grew from seed. It also has some of the polka dot plant cuttings that are doing pretty well. You can see Nathan, my rescued aloe plant, in the background, still clinging to life now that he's been replanted in sand and marbles. Less water, more light seems to be helping him, but not much.

 

Here's the thatch house garden. The polka dot plants are second generation, since I cut the long stems off to make new plants I've gotten these more compact, leafier plants that look a lot better.

 

My plan for next winter is to replace some of these 'home made' plants with a couple of nice starter gardens from a plant store so I'll have something a little heartier to look at over the winter of 2015-2016.

 

Can't wait to get back out and work on my container garden for next spring.

 

I've narrowed my crops down to the following:

 

Parsley

Lettuce

Spinach

Garlic

Green Peppers

Jalapeños

Cucumbers

String Beans

Tomatoes

Strawberries

 

Ten crops - all fairly easy to grow. The garlic is already bedded down for the winter and I have Jalapeño seeds. I've decided rather than buy a pricey seed bank with a lot of stuff I'll probably never use, I'll just invest in some good quality seeds of the things I really know I'll use.

 

On the writing front, I did some editing and came up with a mini-plot for a new story. Maybe working on that for a bit will get the creative juices flowing. Two cups of coffee has revitalized my brain a bit, so we'll see.