Glimpse of JK Herb Garden

Those who have eaten at JK Kitchen would have know that I am a fan of culinary herbs. Basil, corrainder, rosemary, parsley , garlic (is garlic considered a herb?) you will find these in my dishes without fail. And i have always wish i have a herb garden (simulated) where i can just pluck whatever i need to cook, and to proudly tell my guest "this is home grown and organic ^^!!". However, to face the cruel truth, how do we have a herb garden in HDB? I only have a miserable not- so -much of a corridor (as i am staying in a door to door unit) and the only way to lengthen my "corridor" is to wait till the lift upgrading project which is a few years down the road.. "_"|||. So now i have to make the best out of what i could now.. We count our blessings we have a very sweet neighbour who offered her aphid spray when my chilli plant got infested, water my plants when we are away for holiday, offered to catch the caterpillar who ate my mandarin orange leaves. Where can i find myself such nice neighbour? We are so blessed! All thanks to her that our mini herb garden are in safe hands. :) One sunday morning K found this in my chili plant.. and ask me what is that..

This is so cute.. although i am not sure what it is actually for.. but it certainly made my plant look more lively. Immediately i know my neighbour place it there and meant it to be a surprise.. and i check her flower pot and found two of it in hers. one lady bug and one tortise.. (i forgot to take a picture) i immediately watsapp her to thanks her for that little pleasant surprise. hehe... Ok.. glimpse of my 'herb garden' as promised.. its nothing close to a garden yet but i will try my best to grow more stuffs in that little tiny corner.. this is just a start up...

the plant where the lady bug lies on is a chilli plant, a gift from mummy which she lovingly grow from seed. It has been flowering recently but no chilli fruit spotted so far. The one on the right is indian borage, which is the first plant i bought for my mini herb garden. K has had a few foot spas with the leaves infused in warm water. It emits a very fresh minty fragrance and soothe the tireness. Last but not least, my two baby basil sitting at the window of my kitchen.

I have sowed more than 10 seeds in my planter at the corridor and 5 in this little container which i placed at the window of my kitchen. only 5 survived in the planter and only 2 layers of leaves spotted. They did not grow nicely thus i did not take photo.. What you see here are the 2 that survive out of the 5 seeds i sowed in the batch i grow in the kitchen. Seems like 'fengshui' in my kitchen is better? **Those red pellets are fertilisers. Will update more and I wish for those in the kitchen to grow faster and hope the next post will be a step nearer to my dream herb garden! Thanks for reading!