In my previous gardening post, I had introduced you to the selection of herbs which I had started to grow on my kitchen balcony. To date, I am happy to report that all have been flourishing and thankfully still looking green and healthy, except for my coriander and parsley.
Summer has been quite late to arrive in Zurich, making its appearance only now after what has felt like months and months of constant rain. I think the generous rainfall didn’t do any favours for my coriander and parsely, both of which started to become extremely tall and ragged from the excess water, before deciding to yellow and die in a tangled mess. I was not too disappointed in losing the coriander, especially since I didn’t think the taste was as pungent as those sold by my Asian grocer. But I was sad to see the parsley go, especially since it features regularly in my cooking. I think I will be content to resort to buying these two herbs; I’m quite happy not to have needy plants in my garden 
But everything is otherwise looking good and I thought it was time to give everyone a glimpse of the fruit and vegetables which I am currently growing. Prior to embarking on this new gardening hobby, I would never have imagined that it would be possible to grow certain fruit and veges in containers and I queried about whether it would be worth the effort. But the time and money invested so far has proven to be well worthwhile, making me realise that maintaining a garden (albeit one on a balcony) can be a rather relaxing hobby with many happy returns.
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