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| Dog walking on a breezy day 💚💚💚 #autumndays |
Hello chic friends!
Hope you're having a great week! We switched out of daylight savings time last weekend, so now it's properly into the autumn feels here 🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁
Who wants to see the before and after of my herb garden upgrade? I know, you've been waiting on the edge of your seat for it :)
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| Neatly tended After, with Daphne (and Chloe in the background) |
The first photo (above) is my lovely weeded herb bed and the second photo further down, well,
it's the weedy before photo (but a before-and-after is always fun to see, right?)
From left to right in the photo above:
🍃 Parsley (struggling a little I admit, I may have to buy a new plant if it doesn't take off).
🍃 Chives going gangbusters and so yummy in mashed potato since my parsley is currently 'out of stock'.
🍃 Thyme, delicious with scrambled eggs (I fry it in the butter before I put the whisked eggs in the pan). Also very good pressed under roast veges (a few leaves per piece of potato, pumpkin or carrot).
🍃 Oregano, it grows plentifully so I use it! It is nice with roast veges or in a sauce. Delicious added to a homemade pizza too.
🍃 Rosemary, transplanted from another area, and in this photo being photobombed by Daphne. It's nice on roast lamb, and in potato gratin (finely chopped).
🍃 Mint, corralled in its own little pot and seems to be thriving after I transplanted a chunk. I have a big patch growing wild which I originally planted away from everything because if you've ever had mint it takes over. I love putting a handful of leaves in my green smoothie, so good!
The first mint I planted here came from my dad's property which is very special since my dad is no longer with us and the property has now been sold. I remember when he went to get some mint to put in with the boiled potatoes and took me for a trek into the paddock where the most amazing mint patch grew, the leaves were huge. And now I have a satellite mint patch of my own. Thanks Pa!
🍃 Parsley (struggling a little I admit, I may have to buy a new plant if it doesn't take off).
🍃 Chives going gangbusters and so yummy in mashed potato since my parsley is currently 'out of stock'.
🍃 Thyme, delicious with scrambled eggs (I fry it in the butter before I put the whisked eggs in the pan). Also very good pressed under roast veges (a few leaves per piece of potato, pumpkin or carrot).
🍃 Oregano, it grows plentifully so I use it! It is nice with roast veges or in a sauce. Delicious added to a homemade pizza too.
🍃 Rosemary, transplanted from another area, and in this photo being photobombed by Daphne. It's nice on roast lamb, and in potato gratin (finely chopped).
🍃 Mint, corralled in its own little pot and seems to be thriving after I transplanted a chunk. I have a big patch growing wild which I originally planted away from everything because if you've ever had mint it takes over. I love putting a handful of leaves in my green smoothie, so good!
The first mint I planted here came from my dad's property which is very special since my dad is no longer with us and the property has now been sold. I remember when he went to get some mint to put in with the boiled potatoes and took me for a trek into the paddock where the most amazing mint patch grew, the leaves were huge. And now I have a satellite mint patch of my own. Thanks Pa!
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| Weedy Before, there are self-seeded TREES growing in there! |
I hope you enjoyed my herb garden tour. I don't grow anything else at the moment. Herbs seem to be the easiest thing for me and they pay great rewards too since I love cooking with fresh herbs.
This little garden is just one of ways in which I love being 'financially chic' - living a good life without spending a lot of money.
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With people here having lost their entire homes in the cyclone floods, I got to thinking what would be the possessions I'd be most upset about if our house was engulfed, and one of my top things was my books. So I took photos of all the shelves and sections of books on our built-in shelf in the hall as an insurance safeguard, plus to remind me of all the titles I have.
I love my books so much! This is one section of my French Chic shelf, of
course. As you can see, I often leave bookmarks in non-fiction books
and dip into them as desired. Many books I have collected second-hand
from places like Abe Books or Thrift Books over the years, simply
because they are not in print any longer.
I have been re-reading
Jennifer L. Scott's book 'Lessons From Madame Chic' recently. It is such
a charming book and reinspires me every time I read it. The ten-item
wardrobe chapter is a good reminder at the change of seasons too.
I
am thinking about my autumn/winter wardrobe at the moment. My goal is
not to buy anything new and to put together a collection from items I
already own – to lovingly curate a look and make sure everything is
clean, good-looking and mended if necessary. Such fun!
If you are a booklover like I am and have a carefully curated selection of books too, take photos of all your titles today. Just to keep in your phone as a safeguard. And, the bonus is that you get to look at those photos from time to time. They will make you happy! Or maybe that’s just me 😂
If you are a booklover like I am and have a carefully curated selection of books too, take photos of all your titles today. Just to keep in your phone as a safeguard. And, the bonus is that you get to look at those photos from time to time. They will make you happy! Or maybe that’s just me 😂
Wishing you a lovely long weekend, if it's Easter where you are like it is here.
xx Fiona
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What a great idea, taking a photo of the books! I think I will :) They would be a fortune to replace.
ReplyDeleteI am gearing myself up to try more plants this year, but I don't have a good track record with growing things, so I'll start small and see how it goes. Have a blessed Easter!