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| Nailah checking out the edible plants in our garden. She is a very curious dog! |
Lets get one thing straight: I do not have a green thumb. Even though Im not the best at keeping plants alive I still love flowers, herbs, and veggies in my garden (well my moms really since she tends to it).
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| The Japanese Eggplant had grown so large that we had to prop it up on the planter so it wouldnt bring the whole plant down! Can you see it in all its eggplant glory behind my silly dog? |
So when spring finally started rearing its head in South Florida (not that we really had a winter) I decided it was time to add some new and exciting plants to the garden. Even though there were a lot of tempting flowers to pick from I decided to try something totally different: edibles!
Since Ive been able to keep basil in the past I decided to get some of that along with parsley, rosemary, and tarragon. As I was picking out the freshest herbs to purchase I noticed an interesting plant with broad and soft leaves that had the cutest little placard with a picture of a small purple veggie on it. I had stumbled across Japanese eggplant.
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| Despite my puppys many nose proddings the eggplant grew to a decent and healthy size! |
Niles was initially curious of the plants, especially the eggplant, but after being shooed away so I could water it (Nailah tends to attack our hose) she seemed to forget it... that is until the veggies started growing out.
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| Nailah giving the Japanese Eggplant one final nose prod before I harvested it. Some of my dogs habits are hard to break. |
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| "What do you mean, leave it? I didnt touch it! Nope, thats totally not my wet nose print on that eggplant!" |
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| My shameless pup licking her nose after poking the poor eggplant again. |
Every time we went into the garden shed go up to it and try to sniff the little purple veggies, jabbing her wet puppy nose at it. Since it was still growing I tried to keep her away, not wanting her to accidentally knock it off its stem. Even though shed leave it for the remainder of our time in the garden shed conveniently forget the next time we went out and repeat the process.
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| After I finally cut the Japanese Eggplant off the plant Nailah gave it one final nose prod and then she was off. My dog can be so fickle sometimes! |
This went on and on until finally the little eggplants were ready to be harvested. I decided to let Niles witness the deed and she was extremely interested in the process. When I had finally collected the veggies I let her give them a good look over, allowing her to do what shed wanted ever since they sprouted. After leaving her wet nose print on them she decided they werent really that interesting after all and went back inside.
Dogs.
Even though Nailah ended up being indifferent about the eggplants thats not the case when it comes to our Dog Bandanna Giveaway! There are only 2 days left and we are excited to see who wins these cute and handmade prizes!
