Exciting News

So exciting news for me. I live in an apartment so I no longer have a garden which is more of an issue to my cat who used to love lying under the palm trees or by the pool in the backyard.

I always wanted to grow a vegetable garden, my Pa's love of gardening rubbed off on me however unlike him I am not at all good at it. He tried to teach me over the 18 years I had with him and I could grow weeds, sunflowers and sometimes flowers I had planted in the little garden that he had made more me. His garden however was amazing; covered in the most beautiful and the most amazing smelling roses, the best cherry tomatoes, mandarins, persimmons (I didn't eat the persimmons but my family loved them), passionfruit, pumpkin, carrots... you name it he grew it!  Not only was my green thumb not so green but with a range of cats in the neighbourhood my parents told me it would be pointless having a vegetable garden, I think that they secretly didn't actually want one they wanted the garden to look pretty instead. 

The change to an apartment with a balcony was a bit of an issue when thinking about a vegetable or herb garden. I especially wanted one of those vertical gardens that I originally saw on The Block (Yes I am a Block-a-holic or a Blockhead). However that would require drilling into the structure of the building (which is a big no-no). So unfortunately that idea didn't last and mum didn't like the idea of pots on the balcony so I came up with a new idea.  

This idea was taking the podium where there is a grass area, seating area and pool just for this apartment building to share, and put a herb garden in there so that everyone could benefit from it. Best part of this is that the gardeners would plant and maintain it and it would allow anyone to go plant what they wanted or just potter around tending to the garden. Which would also mean I wouldn't kill it! It was taken to the committee of the building last night and got approved! I was so excited. 

So now there is a lot of baking to be done with fresh herbs which I am so so happy about. There is nothing better than cooking with fresh herbs but the hardest part is maintaining it or actually putting it together. 

This is the list that I put together for the committee to approve:

• Mint 
• Parsely 
• Basil 
• Chives
• Corriander 
• Chilli 
• Oregano 
• Rosemary 
• Dill 

Do you have any other suggestions that I could add? 

If you live in an apartment complex pitch the idea to the committee, you might be surprised! I also added the cost of the plants and where to get it.