http://urbancultivation.com A little bit of green in the city Sun, 11 May 2008 09:03:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know I haven't written here for a while, I've been busy and gardening very little.  The exciting news though is that Tracey and I are buying a house and so I'll be able to really set up some nice gardens and document the whole thing. It doesn't mean of course ... http://urbancultivation.com/archives/104 No this isn't a Def Leppard song I'm talking about my newest batch of leafy vegetables called rocket or if you prefer Eruca sativa. Honestly though who is going to prefer that name!? There was a time, especially here in Australia where a leafy green salad comprised mostly of lettuce, ... http://urbancultivation.com/archives/101 In the supermarket the other night on one of our multiple trips to the shops for food (*sigh*) Tracey suggested we make mini pizzas for dinner. This was indeed a capital idea and gave us some much needed direction in regards to ingredients. Extraordinarily Urban Cultivation pride moment came when ... http://urbancultivation.com/archives/99 The other day the call was put out for some help with an abundance of lemon grass that I currently find myself in. I'm happy to say that Anke from Herb-blog-ogy has ridden in on her white herbal horse and given me some suggestions in her article The many uses of ... http://urbancultivation.com/archives/103 The lemon grass plant is now away from the dogs, the dogs who would mistaken it for a nice potted grass bush that they would munch on, realise that they don't like it and then throw up. Much, I'm sure, to the dislike of the actual plant itself who ... http://urbancultivation.com/archives/97 I'm really surprised, as I think I've more frequently become every day that I continue growing these little plants.  By all rights all of my tomato plants should be dead and I assumed that a couple of them had died.  However four of the plants as soon as they got ... http://urbancultivation.com/archives/94 I feel really bad for my capsicum plant. Every time it starts to make a go of it the dogs, rodents or possums sink their teeth in and strip the plant down. Then I rescue it, water it, coddle it a little and it comes back with vibrant ... http://urbancultivation.com/archives/92 A couple of posts ago I was talking about the house next door being sold and the grape vine that has been straddling the fence for so long. Our main concern being that we expect the new owners to tear it all down, or at the very least remove ... http://urbancultivation.com/archives/90 As you can imagine after months of neglect and ignoring the greenery the inventory is pretty devastated and I don't even know what seeds I have laying around. I've regrouped them and put all of the plants except for some peas and two tomato plants that are still in the fenced ... http://urbancultivation.com/archives/89 It isn't often that I can merge my love of popular culture and home grown vegetables but that is exactly what I'm doing today. In the Clive Owen film Shoot em Up the main character Mr Smith seems to enjoy the odd carrot (having one with his coffee even!). He ... http://urbancultivation.com/archives/86