Month: July 2020

How to prune basil.

Hi guys! Today we are going to prune/trim our basil! And, I will show you the best way to prune your basil! Let’s go!

My favorite way to cut basil is to cut the stem at a leaf node. A leaf node is where a leaf connects to the stem of the plant. If you cut your basil plant stem at a node, the will encourage your plant to send out new growth and start branching.

Also when your are trimming basil, you should cut from the tips of the plant to the leaf node. This helps to prevent your plant from flowering which can ruin the taste of your basil and flowering reduces leaf production.

Here are some other tips to pruning basil:

-Cut often. Make sure you cut your basil often to that your plant doesn’t flower.

-Pinch off the buds. If you find any buds on your basil plant, just pinch it off. If your can catch the buds in their early stage, your basil plant will keep its wonderful flavor.

-If your basil plant keeps on forming buds, consider moving it to a shader location. Your plant might be stressed out.

Well, that is all for this post! I hope you enjoyed and learned something from this post! Keep a lookout for my next post. Bye!

Small space gardening #1

Recently many people have been starting to garden. Especially now, during the coronavirus pandemic going on. But not everyone has a garden to grow in. In this same we are going to look at container gardening and other small space garden options. Make sure you look at my mason jar herb garden posts!
let’s get started!

In this post, we are going to talk about a pretty popular way of small space gardening, container gardening! Container gardening is definitely your best bet for small space gardening. Here are some pros and cons of container gardening:

Pros: Portible, if you need to move your container to a sunnier location or a dryer one, container gardening makes this super easy! All you have to do is pick it up and move it. Another pro of container gardening is that you get less weeds because your plant is not in the ground. There are many more good things about gardening in containers but that is all I’m going to mention today.

Cons: a con of this method of gardening is that because your plants are in a restricted area, their roots suck all the nutrients out of the soil. Which means that your have to fertilize your plants more often. The last con that I have about container gardening is that your have to water more often. But this can be fixed by installing a drip irrigation system. But I don’t recommend trying to do that if this is your first time container gardening.

Over all, container gardening is a super fun and reliable way to garden. I really recommend it if you are a beginning gardener, or if you are an expert gardener.

That is all for today’s post! I hope you enjoyed it. In the next post of this series, we will talk about how to make/grow your own container garden! Stay tuned for my next post. Bye!


Fertilizing my citrus plants/trees!

Hi guys! Today I am going to be fertilizing my citrus plants/trees. I am going to be doing this in a video today! See you there!

Seed haul!

Hay guys! Today’s post is going to be a seed haul! All the seeds came from Baker creek heirloom seeds. Let’s get started!

Also, I just want to say, I apologize if anybody takes this as bragging, it is not my intention to do so.

First I got these flowers to bring in some pollinators. They are;

Morning glory sunset serenade, Marvel of Peru salmon sunset, and cosmos apricot lemonade.

Next we have three varieties of basil. Our family really loves basil, which is why in addition to the 15 plants we already have growing, I also bought these! I chose the Saim queen Thai basil because my family uses Thai basil in cooking too. I got the Persian and Greek dwarf basil just to have fun trying it out!

Siam Queen Thai, Persian, and Greek dwarf.

After that I got these seeds to add some color and variety to the garden.

Vulcan Swiss Chard, Lobbericher Yellow carrot, And Suzhou Baby book choy.

Next, I got some bean and pea seeds. I was especially excited about these because we love band and sugar snap peas as a snack!

Scarlet runner beans, Sugar snap peas, and dragon tongue beans.

And last but not least we have some more greens seeds. We use so much cilantro and coriander in our cooking! The mustard seeds were a free variety that came with my order.

SLO-bolt cilantro, Indian coriander, and a free seed variety they sent, Japanese giant red mustard.

That is it for today! I hope you all enjoyed this post. I will be posting a video version soon. Keep a lookout for some posts on planting tips and care for the seeds that I got. Bye!

How to propagate a tomato branch to get another tomato plant!

Hi guys! Today I am going to show you how you can take a broken tomato branch, (or sucker) and turn it into a new plant! Let’s get started!

First you need your branch. Mine is a bit big, but you can definitely use a smaller branch.

Next we need to prepare our branch. To do this, all you need to do is to snip off the lower leaves on your tomato plant. Also, if there are any flowers, gently remove them. This way your branch will focus on making roots instead of making one last batch of flowers.

Once you’re done that, you need to get a container that can hold water and that is big enough for your branch. Fill it up with tap water.

Now, put your branch in your container with water.

Also, as an experiment, I am also going to try propagating some large tomato leaves.

All that’s left to do is to put your branch in a mostly sunny area, (it they are in super intense light, it can shock them) and if your container is clear, cover it’s sides with a paper towel to minimize the amount of sunlight that hits the water. (To much sunlight in the water can encourage algae to grow.

That’s it for today’s post! I hope you enjoyed it! I will be posting updates on the tomato branches! Bye!

Mason jar herb garden maintenance!

Hi guys! Today we are going to to some work on our mason jar herb garden. The herbs need some trimming and some of the soil levels are going down. Let’s get started!

First we need to help our cilantro. I’m gonna give it a hair cut and add some more soil.

  • Before
  • After
  • What I cut

Next we need to trim the lavender. All I’m gonna do is take of the seed leaves and add some more soil.

  • Before
  • After
  • What I cut

Now we need to trim the mint. When you cut mint, you can be a little bit more aggressive because it is a more vigorous herb.

  • Before I cut
  • After
  • All that I cut

Lastly, we need to trim the chives. Trimming chives can be a little tricky because of the way their leaves are shaped. I like to just cut the tips off of my chive seedlings.

  • Before I cut the tips
  • After I cut the tips
  • What I cut from the chives

That’s it for today’s post! I hope you enjoyed it and learned something from this post! Click Here to see how I made this garden! Stay tuned for my next post. Bye!

  • Before!
  • After!
  • What I cut!

Mason jar herb garden update!

Hello! A while back I did a post on growing herbs in mason jars from seed. Now after a bot over a month, here is what they look like now:

The mint is doing good!

So are the chives!

looks like the cilantro needs a haircut!

Last but not least, the lavender is looking a little small, but it’s still pretty healthy!

That’s is for today’s post! I hope you guys enjoyed seeing how the mason jar garden is growing. I sure am! Click Here to see how I made it! I hope you all have a good day. Bye!