Coleus thriving in the shade with amazing flower spikes.
I don't really have a garden plan, I like to grow some food and I've been learning by trial and error what can survive my not very green thumb! I grow a lot of things in pots because of the poor soil, and so that I can move things in and out of the sun depending on how stressed they're getting.
Hard to make them out but here are basil, thai basil,
mint, parsley, sweet leaf, lemon grass
pineapple and cherry tomatoes.
I grow a few flowers to attract bees and other pollinators, and so that I can paint them in still-lives!
I only tend about a quarter of the garden - the rest is established palms that fend for themselves (except for piling the palm fronds on the compost heap), and lawn, which my partner mows.
Some of the flowers at the front fence, and lots of
mulch, newspaper and palm fronds to try to
keep the weeds under control.
Lately we have eaten a beautiful pineapple, and another one is ripening. Now and again I fry up some sweet leaf and parsley in an omlette, a treat for me as the kids are not that keen on my garden greens. I would love to be growing more and cooking more from the garden, but at least it's a start!
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