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| Rooting cuttings from the Garden |
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| Rooting Catmint |
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| Rooting Basil |
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| Catmint flowers as it roots |
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| Tomato blossoms while we root | | |
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The garden can be a source of additional plants.
Each morning I go out for garden inspection. I'm curious to see what kind of things happened overnight.
- Did the zucchini have a sci-fi moment and morph from a thumb-sized vegetable into a thigh sized monster?
- Did any critter using stealth technology enter into the garden under the cover of darkness and devour seedlings or steal the almost ripe tomato from the vine?
- Did the artichoke turn from edible vegetable to an inspiring shocking purple flower?
During these inspections, I discover some plants are getting a little leggy, or perhaps a sucker on the tomato plants was not pinched back and is very large. When this happens, I cut back or remove the offending plant appendage and stick it in a vase with water. Usually, the result will be the appearance of roots which I can then transplant into planting soil for addition to the garden.
Currently, I am rooting a Beefmaster tomato, catmint and basil.
