Monday, 11 April 2011

The Kitchen Courtyard


The Ponte Vecchio courtyard is looking rather sorry for itself at the moment. The pots are empty and devoid of anything except their compost and a few winter pansies that are leggy and look a little lost having survived the long cold winter we are finally out of.

At this time of year, I start getting excited about the seeds I will sow for the coming summer months.
We will fill most of the boxes with tomato plants, not one of them to produce a red tomato though - only yellow and purple ones here. Last year I also started to experiment with edible flowers and we put nasturtiums, borage and radish flowers in salads.
This year I hope to continue along these lines, perhaps with a few herbs and some alpine strawberries to add to the collection.

For now, this is the courtyard, bare and grey; but we hope to update the pictures over the coming months so you can see the progress and some of our courtyard produce in action.



4 comments:

  1. Purple tomatoes! We are doing purple peppers.... So pretty!

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  2. Hi Alice, I love your courtyard, it's filled with so much potential :) Mmmm definitely looking forward to your produce!

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  3. a great space, cannot wait to see the end results!!

    sweetlife

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  4. I love have a little kitchen garden. Temps are starting to warm up, though winter does not want to let go and we are having a rain/snow mix today. Soon there will be tomatoes, herbs and more just out my kitchen door.

    -Brenda

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