From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Plant More Lettuce or Is This Still Growing?

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I’ve gotten about 4-5 harvests from my lettuce container. It’s starting to look brown and am wondering if it’s better days are behind it.

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Indoor Composting Tip: Blend Your Food Scraps

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One of my grandmother’s friends gave me a great indoor composting tip. She told me to blend up my food scraps before putting into the bin.

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How to Harvest Lettuce

Now that I know I did not kill my lettuce when harvesting, I can safely post a how to video on harvesting lettuce.

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Pick the Flowers Off Your Basil Plant

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In case you are new or couldn’t tell at this point, I am new to this gardening thing. Just taking things as they come. The one thing that I do know (I think) is that when plants start to flower, they are coming near the end of their productive lives. So I was a bit [...]

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Making an Upside Down Herb Planter

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Since I am gardening in such a small space, recycling soda bottles and making upside down herb planters is the perfect solution for me.

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Starting an Upside Down Herb Garden…Again

A month after I killed my herbs on my fire escape, I got around to starting my upside down herb garden again. I planted some parsley and was much gentler this time.

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How to Support Growing Cherry Tomatoes

Since my cherry tomato plant was starting to get a bit unwieldy, it was time for me to build some support for it. I rigged something together using tree branches, string and tire wire. No duct tape needed.

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Planting A New Cucumber Plant

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Finally after some months of procrastination, I have a new cucumber plant, well um, planted.

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