Day 25 - The Gardening Seems To Be Working

For those of you who read Day 1 of the blog challenge you will have seen that I started to grow some windowsill herbs which consisted of basil, chives and parsley from the seed. This was from a kit I picked up in B&Q. You can have a quick recap here:

http://www.camilla-erikacampbell.blogspot

.co.uk/2013/07/30-day-blog-challenge-

begins.html?m=1

Here is how the herbs looked 24 days ago:

I also planted some beetroot, cress and pansies at the same time. The cress has since all been eaten but the beetroot and pansies are coming on well and will get planted out soon. 

Here is how the herbs looked before I potted them up earlier today. 

Basil and parsley

The herbs today! 

Here are the beetroot and pansies:

Beetroot

The pansies

 

Here are my herbs all planted up in their own pots:

The grown up herb family 

Looking good!

Growing tall! 

Day 11 - My First Harvest - Cress

I'm quite excited to reveal that my cress I've grown is ready to eat! I know it's not the most sophisticated veggie/herb (not quite sure what it is classed as) but its the first thing I've grown from scratch!

I figured I couldn't exactly get cress wrong and wanted to ensure I had at least one success story! 

Greek cress

The cress goes wild 

As you can see it doesn't quite look the same as the cress you get in the supermarket but this is called Greek cress. 

My first harvest! 

After trimming some and washing it I decided to sample it. I couldn't believe how strong the taste was, it was like horseradish or pepper, if almost blew my head off!

Anyway this first crop will be enjoyed in tomorrow's wrap. What better way to enjoy cress but with a good bit of homemade egg mayo yummy! 

Mouthwatering wrap