Vegging # 2

As well as growing herbs, we have for the past 6 months had a go at growing a few selected vegetables. The first planting was a mix of lettuce including cos and mingonette, roma tomatoes and lemongrass. While the lettuce was very successful and the lemongrass showed promise, the tomatoes failed dismally. Why? No idea.
We actually gave away a fair portion of the lettuce(s)

The second planting we went with less lettuce, baby cos this time, lebanese cucumber, which we use a lot of and wild rocket. All of these have grown extremely well. There is also a strawberry plant that has had plenty of flowers but has failed to fruit.
Today I picked our first cucumber and with some of our wild rocket and cos lettuce, used it in a salad served with some crispy skin barramundi.
Along with just stepping out the back to grab a few fresh herbs to add to your prepared dish, there is something about growing your own produce and then using it in a meal you've put together. It's an added satisfaction to the whole process.
(Note how well the lemongrass is going and how much the lawn has developed since the first planting)