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Try This Edible Ornamental Basket
comments (9) August 10th, 2015
For the last several summers I've turned an ordinary hanging flower basket into something that is as edible as it's beautiful. Last year I planted a cherry tomato with dill and two kinds of colorful flowers.
This year I decided to include plants with edible fruits, flowers and foliage.
I started the seeds from a packet of Litt'l Bites Windowbox Cherry tomato seeds in mid-March. I selected this new variety from Renee's Garden as part of my package of free trial seed packets. The Litt'l Bites is a special container variety that features bite-size tomatoes on sturdy stems.
Of all the tomato seeds I started this season, Litt'l Bites is the only variety where every single seed grew into a transplant. Needless to say, I'm going to be harvesting these cherry tomatoes like crazy once they start to turn red ripe.
No doubt Renee's Garden selected these seeds because they were bred in England, an especially challenging climate for tomatoes. The size of the plants and the tomatoes makes it perfect for a hanging basket, patio container, windowbox or other small vegetable-growing spot.
I combined Litt'l Bites with another packet of Renee's Garden (free) seeds, Little Firebirds Hanging Basket Nasturtiums. Because the foliage and flowers on nasturtiums are both edible, I can make a salad from all the parts of the hanging basket.
The variegated foliage is especially attractive and adds a spicy touch to salads and sandwiches. Little Firebirds gets its name from the color of the flowers and the way they float over the foliage.
With luck, the coral, pumpkin-orange and dark red flowers will start blooming about the same time the tomatoes start turning red for a stunning hanging basket that's good enough to eat.
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