I moved!

I moved from a house in Falls Church to an apartment in Alexandria.  I purposely planted my garden in containers this year, to make it easy to move.  Here they are, lined up on the concrete slab that is my porch.

from front to back: chard, chives, strawberry, basil, rosemary

I am especially impressed by the rosemary.  I actually dug this up from the ground at the old house (June 28), transported it in a broken container (June 29), and then just re-potted it this weekend (July 12).  It seems to be doing just fine.

Grande Rosemary!

Harvesting My Container Garden

Today I harvested my new red potatoes!  They've been growing since late April, so a little over 2 months old.  They are super cute and round.  Awe...

I also learned two things: (1) potatoes do not like damp soil - all the potatoes at the bottom of the container were rotten!  (2) potatoes exposed to sunlight (i.e. poking out of the soil) turn green and are not good to eat!

Yield from 1 seed potato: 3 rotten, 3 good, 1 green

I also harvested my Swiss chard! The left-behind plants look so naked.  But I know they will grow back new leaves for me to harvest later.

Harvested chard