Showing posts with label urban farming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label urban farming. Show all posts

Sunday, 2 August 2015

More plants

Some of my plants died as i went for vacation for a week. Felt sad, but i didnt have that much choice anyway. 

I went to the market to buy lemongrass and found out that i can still plant some of them as the basal node, where the root and stalk emerges, are still intact. I decided to soak the root in water (just so that the disks are immersed in water). Within 3 days, the roots are well grown and i moved them into a soil medium om day 5. Hopefully it will grow.



And i also brought my avocado baby to the office. I used starbucks plastic glass as pot. It looks cute, i think...



Friday, 3 July 2015

New babies!

I purchased seeds 2 days ago and it arrived at my office today. I am basically thrilled and decided not to go back to my hometown this week, i'll just do some gardening week (again) and have fun.

Here's my babies:


So, i have:
Oregano
Lemon basil
Rosemary
Corriander
Kailan
Pak choy
Lettuce (romaine?)
Parsley
Cabbage (?)
Spinach

That's quite a lot, right? 

Well, i bought them for a cheap price, as i bought it not as much as the original packing. Not bad i think, compared if i have to buy the original pack... It cost me like 50-80 times than this. And i dont have that much garden in the first place :)

So i planted them on egg shells as planters. After they grow, i'll move them to my recycled bottles farm.



Look forward for my updates!

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Trying on: vertical gardening

So, i tried vertical gardening. Had several tomatoes and chilis that needs repotting so badly, as they are keep on growing. I decided to make a vertical upside down planter using mineral water/tea bottle. Got the idea from the internet... So i finally managed to do it last weekend. The plants look quite ok...

We'll see if they keep growing :p


Monday, 20 April 2015

From baby to toddler. I mean seedlings.

So, i tried my new projects of frugal gardening, urban farming, urban gardening and kitchen scraps gardening... I already started since last january, but the results are just coming in last march, so i havent been able to write much.

One of the things that i am so happy for is my success in growing snake fruit from seed to seedlings. The seed that i planted was from snake fruit that i ate. And below is what it looked like after i soaked it for a few days in fresh water.


So they will have something popped out from the seed. After that, i planted with the pop facing upward. After quite q while, pinkish stalk starting to grow out from below the soil.


And growing continuously, making you wonder what they are actually doing.


And then something emerged from inside those pink stalks. I was guessing those are leaves. It looked like a closed spanish fan, it will open up while growing.


And continue growing, and now they have leaves!



So i decided to give the first seedlings to my mom. I carry it with me to Bandung and plant it there. One of the seed is already grown in used plastic glass (ex-mineral water glass), so it was easy to carry. Then i prepared the new pot and soil to plant them.


Then i fill up a bit of soil into the pot, and my snake fruit seedlings ready to be repotted.


You can see that the roots already circling the bottom of the plastic glass, indocating its eagerness to grow.

A few minutes later then the snake fruit is ready for display...


We'll see how it grows :)

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Seed kingdom

Been quite busy lately with my urban garden. Just planted my mango and being awed by my ginger... 


Replanted my mung beans... Hoping that it'll work...

Replanted my chili seedlings into a pot. They look cute! And hoping they will grow...


And my secret seeds looks surprisingly cute. Never seen any pinkish sprout before...


And also waiting for these babies to grow...


And hopefully will have some time soon to work with these seeds:


Wait for more stories :)

Saturday, 31 January 2015

Scrap gardening



That is my baby carrot, day 6 after soaking in water. 

This one just planted last night, hoping to see sprouts within a week or so...


 
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