Virginie Bardot

#GARDENPROJECT 3


I can't believe it's been a full 4 months since I started this project, holy zucchini, time flies! When I first planted the seeds, I was expecting to complete this project in the city, on my small balcony. And when we fell in love and unexpectedly purchased our first home far away from the city and up in the mountain, I became a bit nervous with how the plants were going to react to moving and changing atmosphere. As I feared, a few of the plants didn't make it; it was the case of the corn plant and the cucumber plant (which I suspect I had started a bit too early in the season, I'll try it again next year by planting seeds in May). Once we had moved on June first, I moved the plants outside (up to them they had lived inside at all times) and although most loved the sun and fresh air, the pole beans plant kind of got burnt and now it's still alive (and producing some vegetables), but it went from being the plant that was doing best to the ugly duckling of the group.
For some other plants, it was the opposite. Exhibit A: the cilantro plant. It was my most challenging plant in our old apartment and now, with a lot more sun exposure, it's on fire! Good thing too because this family eats lots and lots of cilantro. We also find the one we seeded to be tastier than grocery store cilantro. Exhibit B: the zucchini plant. You may remember I had dropped it early on and it definitely hasn't been the same since. I wasn't excepting much outcome from this plant, but again with more sun it has doubled in size and is now flowering. Yay! And exhibit C: the brocoli plant. It was the smallest when we moved a month ago and now look at it! It's huge!
We also continue to discover wild fruits growing on our land. The strawberries are starting to mature and we can see the raspberries and blueberries appear although they have a way to go (I think I will be able to pick them around the end of the month maybe). I also found we have gigantic rhubarb plants in our forest and although it's not a fruit I am used to cooking with, I've been experimenting to pretty great results!
For this step of the growing process, I have been feeding the plants an organic fertilizer every 2 weeks (instead of once a month) and watering them smaller quantities of water twice a day. In the hotter season, water is so important for your plants as they absolutely need it to do their photosynthesis. I have found that an even watering is important as well, as some plants, notably the tomato plants, will show signs of unhappiness if not. Finally, I have also discovered that wind is not the friend of your veggie plants and that finding a quiet spot with lots of sun is key to success. I can't wait to start harvesting! Still so glad I decided to do this experiment :)
If you have questions about the process, meet me on Instagram! You can also view the beginning of the project here and it's first update here. Next update in a month with, I hope, some veggies to show for it! Virginie XO
ps: I am wearing a lace top from Oasap, a Swarovski pendant and vintage Levi's cut off and boots.
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