Tuesday, September 11, 2012

A double dose of good news

Which should I start with? I know how about the stuff in the sink infront of me?

Was outside today and decided to chop off most of the spent flowers which resulted in neatly tied organza bags some of which had earwicks in them (one had 3 in it!) so I'm letting them sit all tied up in some soapy water and after I'm gonna take and hang them up to dry out after bombing a few times to get rid of bugs I'm certainly doing everything to keep them out

Then also I have some new cuttings I'm trying to root (stevia lemon verabena sage really same-ol same-ol) including some in water (mints that were trimmed)

I also have my "probationary" drivers liscence from the mail just passed on the 4th so about a week ago

And last but certainly not least I think I've got everyone planted in there! Which means I'm gonna have to start with the features soon the basil is from fresh cuttings as the older ones got too large and lol I don't think im quite done as I have more mints and such to add to it lol it will be one packed little planter when im done lol

Monday, September 10, 2012

Popped out during an emotional day

Isn't it suprising how at the worst of times a favourite thing can really cheer up a day? So I've got tons of pics fer y'all too

Let's start with my little area that I like to sit in it even let's me get quick access to most of what I'm growing

There's the planter I did for my birthday it looks like everyone's starting to grow at different rates but they look generally ok even then

Some cuttings there's a catnip some stevia (ok a lot) lemon verabena and even a couple chocolate mint ones too these are by now all well rooted

My lemon grass the pot just dosent drain as quickly as the rest of the pots around there

The goji pot (which the goji needs a new stick and a re-tying) and the cauldron that's waiting on a mint trim a basil transplant and the lemon grass to get large enough so I can transplant it I think I'll add the holy basil later lol

My onion experiment --I ended up cutting the tops from them and now they appear to be growing back but they are in a *very* shaded place right now so the slow growth is just fine by me

There's my herb box I have some Basil's and such that I could prolly start to keep the seeds from and such lol but I'll wait till there's a few more just cause I can lol

Some pictures of my container corn experiment the loofah seems to be happy no flowers yet the watermelon dosent seem to be too happy there but I think the corn is doing well for an experiment I'm 5'7" and the tallest is including the pot up to about my forehead so they are certainly shorter then they should be

There's the mint pot some heads are just about ready for nipping to be harvested for seeds there are some op ones momma a hybrid and some bagged momma still a hybrid all could be fun to grow from seed tho

Some of my peppers that I started from seeds I'm pretty certain they'll be inside come winter but for now I'm letting them grow as they like in there do hopefully I can save a few seeds

There's the tomato mess complete with tomatoes that could/should be harvested soon even if I just endup saving seeds from them

Strawberries and mint the strawberries are mostly everbearing but there is 1 junebearing plant in there too just so we get a lot at once

The pepper planter with pepper plants from the greenhouse they certainly appear to be producing plenty

My rasberries

The blueberries even tho there still *super* small

And some rooted cuttings oregano mints (which will go to the cauldron in time) and a Vicks plant that will get its own pot soon enough