Herb Gardening - Developing a New Hobby During the COV19 Pandemic

A few weeks ago, Ontario announced that our cities would gradually open as the government started to easy some of the lock down restrictions. We were so excited! The first thing we did after the Phase 2 opening was visiting a hairdresser! Both my husband and I had our hair cut at the hair salon in Waterloo. It felt so good as we looked better groomed and tidy!

Now, Ontario cities are in the Phase 3 of the reopening and things are starting to get back to more normal, we hope.

Though many of us complained about being isolated at home, I quite enjoy this quiet time by ourselves. With more free time at home, I am able to enjoy our beautiful house and garden.

 Before COVID 19, we were driving around here and there, visiting different places every week. For the past months, I was able to spend more time in our garden. With more time at home, we tackled a long overdue gardening project – turning a wasted space in a corner of our garden and creating a herb garden.

My husband and I worked on our newly created herb garden everyday for a bit, after a couple of weeks, we now have different herbs growing such as basil, parsley, rosemary, thyme, and chives. We even added tomato and hot pepper plants.

In our second home in Waterloo, we also tackled the tiny long neglected backyard by the previous owner and hoping to transform this tiny garden into a small oasis for us! 

With help from Doug and his brother, we laid new patio stones down in an afternoon. We transplanted some perennials from our Toronto backyard and used most of the old things found in our city garden. After a few weeks, the transplanted shrubs are thriving and growing well.

We can’t be too proud about our two gardening projects and grateful for the extra quiet time at home to accomplish the jobs!

R.T.

A Happy Gardener