Tag Archives: coriander

Lettuce

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

This is the cos lettuce I planted on the 21st of December. The row has come up in 3 weak patches. Today I planted more in between two of the patches – the lunar phase is better than last time, … Continue reading →

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Everything’s Growing

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

The garden’s looking great. The sunflowers are all opening and make a nice cheery splash against the fence. My mounding experiment is not really panning out. I remounded around some rocket and radishes this week since they seem to be … Continue reading →

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Gozleme and Garden Update

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

Here is yesterday’s harvest of silverbeet, chives and peppermint all of which I chopped up and put into a flat round piece of homemade bread (like a tortilla) with feta cheese. I folded the circle in half and sealed it … Continue reading →

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Progress report

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

The sunflowers are doing really well, except they still wouldn’t stand without a stake. These tomatoes are shooting up, but have about half of the tomato bunches on them that those in the other bed do. I think that answers … Continue reading →

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Pathetic Radish Harvest

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

I kid you not. These vegetables that are supposedly impossible not to grow quickly and easily, have failed miserably in my poor little garden. Not a clue why. The sprouted ahead of schedule, produced copious healthy leaves, started to turn … Continue reading →

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Dill, Coriander and Tarragon – Lunar sprouting

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

On the left are some dill sprouts – I’m not positive which of this lot are the dill sprouts and which are weeds. On the right are more sprouts. I’m hopeful these are tarragon. They’re in the right place anyway. … Continue reading →

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Kumquat regrowth

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

The kumquat tree is sprouting after its harsh pruning about a month ago. I’m confident it will come back stronger than ever. The banana has 5 or so hands of fruit and 3 of something (males I believe) that surely … Continue reading →

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Rocket surprise

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

Is this rocket genetically modified or what?!? I planted it 4 days ago. Yesterday the first shoots appeared (packet says 6-10 days). Today the whole row is bursting forth. This was supposed to be my “control group” to compare against the … Continue reading →

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Lunar Planting

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

Today I finally put in my ginger. I looked at the lunar planting calendar and from 3:30 yesterday afternoon for the next few days we’re in the full moon phase. Good for root plants. So, in went ginger, horseradish, more … Continue reading →

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Herbs

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

Here are some of my herbs. The parsley is going wild, self seeding with no end in site. The oregano recovered well after some pretty ruthless weeding, and the thyme is recovering from the tenants neglect. the new chives are … Continue reading →

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