Time to write just about anything in a focused manner lately has been hard to come by, so here’s a sort of organized bullet list both for me and anyone that is curious about what I’ve been up to in the last few days.
Tag: Plantings we added
Cilantro: “We don’t want to go on the compost. We feel fine!”
While doing dishes, I noticed a bit of green inside one of the mini mason jar greenhouses. Sure enough, at least one of the herbs was making it know that they were not, in fact, dead. Continue reading “Cilantro: “We don’t want to go on the compost. We feel fine!””
Herb kit pots update
So it’s the 21st (when the herb kit packets said I’d see some sign of life), and no sign of green in any of the herb pots–not even the basil which I had put some plastic over loosely two days ago as I read somewhere they really like to be warm. Continue reading “Herb kit pots update”
There may be some ghosts of seedlings past after all.
A third type of leaf formation has presented itself on the now third seedling/baby that has pushed past the soil in the spider plant pot. Continue reading “There may be some ghosts of seedlings past after all.”
Making our 2019 seed list–part 2
Notice: I’m a bit tuckered, but I want to get at least part of this out tonight, so I hope to post part 3 either late tomorrow or Monday.
My partner will swear to his death that he is a black thumb. “If you want something to fail, let me plant it,” he says. Continue reading “Making our 2019 seed list–part 2”
I moved the herb kit pots.
The spot on top of the microwave seemed to be in too indirect light to be of much use to the herbs. Continue reading “I moved the herb kit pots.”
Hockey puck soil.
The herb kit I mentioned came with what looked to me like hockey pucks made from soil. The directions to return them to a less dry and condensed state seemed straightforward enough, until it didn’t work as described. Continue reading “Hockey puck soil.”
Planted on 11th of March 2019
I’m working on a post about using the herb kit I hope to have up later tonight, but in the meantime I did get the following planted today:
Berries on the brain.
One distraction when I’m working on the seed list is thinking about one berry to choose to add to our abundance, and how we haven’t finished this year’s draft of what will go where in the kitchen garden. Continue reading “Berries on the brain.”