Tag Archives: tarragon

Back in the garden

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

I’ve stayed out of the garden for a few weeks now. Mainly because of the weather. After those days in the 40s, everything suffered, wilted and much died. Add to that the fact that there’s been zero rain and gardening … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Nature | Tagged coriander, cucumber, dill, eggplant, lettuce, lunar planting, parsley, Pests, planted, rocket, seed, silverbeet, spinach, sunflower, tarragon, zucchini | Leave a comment

New Sprouts

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

These rocket sprouts came up yesterday, that’s 3 days after planting as opposed to the 6 predicted on the package. A couple of the radish types sprouted as well (below are sprouts from the scarlet globe package). Those spring onions … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged ginger, harvest, pepper, radish, rocket, sprout, tarragon, tomato | Leave a comment

Lunar Danger

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

I’ve been warned – it’s a full moon tonight. The site that tells me about when is best to plant by the lunar calendar says no sowing of anything from 6:15am today to 6:15pm tonight. I’ve planted a whole passel … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged cuttings, lettuce, lunar planting, planted, propagation, radish, rocket, rosemary, seed, spinach, spring onion, tarragon | Leave a comment

Spring Onion Sprouts

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

These are my spring onions. I planted them 8 days ago and yesterday just the tips of the blades were visible. The package said 14 days to sprouting. I’m not sure if this means mine are superb performers, the package … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged seed, spring onion, sprout, tarragon | Leave a comment

Spring Onions

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

Today I planted spring onions in this cleared space between the lettuce and peppers. It used to house the failed radishes. We’re in a new moon phase and that’s supposed to be good for spring onions. I planted 2 rows … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Nature | Tagged basil, celery, lunar planting, Pests, planted, seed, spring onion, tarragon | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Garden | Tagged basil, coriander, dill, harvest, radish, seed, sprout, tarragon | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Garden, Nature | Tagged coriander, dill, ginger, horseradish, Pests, seed, sprout, tarragon, thyme | 2 Comments

Weeding day

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

This creepy spider (Ithink it’s a huntsman, maybe a wolf?) seems to have made a home in some of the new growth on the orange tree that Frank hacked and then the aphids infested. I thought he was a cute … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Nature | Tagged basil, celery, dill, lettuce, orange, pepper, Pests, planted, radish, seed, spider, sprout, tarragon, thyme, tomato, weeds | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Garden | Tagged coriander, dill, harvest, radish, rocket, seed, sprout, tarragon, thyme | Leave a comment