Back by popular demand!

I know my regular readers have been desperate for pictures of gardening, so to address all the clamoring, here are some pictures of my container gardening on the balcony:

Probably the prettiest thing on the balcony, this is container herb gardening. From the bottom, clockwise: kitchen sage (Salvia officinalis); French tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus); lemon verbena (Aloysia triphylla); Greek oregano (Origanum heracleoticum); and in the center, sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum). All are organic except the basil (which is oddly difficult to find except at the Home Despot.)



In the foreground, Bush Goliath tomato, Lycopersicon lycopersicum, and in the background, Bonnie original, Lycopersicon esculentum. The garden center guy told me to sacrifice one of the two stalks on the Bush Goliath, but I'm currently glad that I didn't. After a little insitial transplant shock, both are starting to show some new flowers. Not organic, as the picking were super slim this late in the season (purchased and planted two weeks ago.)






More of the tomatoes and herb garden.




















Another view of the tomato plantings with a view to the east. If there were less haze, you could see Stone Mountain in the middle of the image, about 20 miles away.


















A lower view of all the plantings, with more diffuse light. Hey, gardening is part art, right?