And now they have grown even more, especially the parsley, which has gone a little bonkers. The lemon balm is still rather reserved though:
Junior J has been rather excited about those little shoots. As for me, I'm rather happy with my mint plant, which was actually left over from a bunch of mint we bought at the supermarket. We plonked it in a glass of water, it grew roots and we potted it, and now its doing pretty well:
And to further explore the topic of plants, we've read two books:
:: One Bean, by Anne Rockwell: This story traces the life cycle of a bean plant, and its great for any child wanting to plant his own beans!
:: Plant Secrets, by Emily Goodman: Again, this book describes the life cycle of flowering plants. However, this book uses the example of 4 different plants instead, and gives loads of examples.
Wah! Your plants are growing! I dun have such luck with the chives I bought from the supermarket. Am a lazy sourcing out the nursery. Maybe I will try planting the mint as you did! :)
ReplyDeleteI wanted to grow my own herbs too! That day I saw a pot of rosemary, wanted to buy, hubs say "No need lah! We can get rosemary at the supermarket. A big bunch cost only a few dollars" but.. but.. but... growing own herbs is different ma *poutz*
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of soil do u use? Teach me teach me!
Lilium: Sometime I suspect its the climate, SG's weather can shrivel up seedlings very quickly! But yes, mint and other asian herbs might be the way to go. :)
ReplyDeleteDinoMama: Hahaha, yes I agree! We actually bought a pot of rosemary and have been using bits of it for cooking. I didn't have to buy soil, as the seed kits came with soil pods that only require you to add water to them! But I think normal potting soil would do. :)