#harvest cilantro seeds

[rachilbing]

Learn how to harvest cilantro effectively with our easy-to-follow guide. Discover the best techniques for picking cilantro leaves and ensuring a bountiful yield from your garden or kitchen herb pot.

[jpitha]

Between the Black and Gray 18

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Fen spent her time exploring the ship - she was aboard The Dreams of Hyacinth - talking with people and learning as much as she could.

At first, she was viewed with skepticism. Who is this person who speaks with an odd accent wandering around asking operational questions, but soon after the captain let everyone know that Fen was their guest and allowed to ask questions, most everyone opened up. She wasn't allowed to view the reactors, the weapons, or navigation, but she was allowed to check out just about everywhere else.

Fen was constantly surprised at how many humans there were. In hindsight it was silly, it was a Human Empire ship, but she had grown up on a Gren station among just as many K'laxi as humans as well as all the other different sapients that came and went, so it was odd for her surroundings to be so homogenous. She mentioned it to Kel, one of her new friends. Kel was the type of person who adopted people and would show her around and answer her questions. She was a biologist and the head of gardening. Kel was showing Fen the greenhouse. "I can see why you'd think it's odd Fen, but all Imperial ships are like this. Sometimes we get K'laxi exchange personnel, and sometimes one of us will spend a tour with them, but it would be odd for there to be more than humans on a human ship... wouldn't it?"

Fen was astonished. There was a whole gardening department! There was row after row after row of vegetables and fruits all growing under strong lights. The greenhouse smelled of soil and was warm and moist and utterly fascinating. She had never spent time around plants. These days, they reminded her of Ma-ren and their 'visits.' She was following Kel around and grilling her about what she was growing. "The cilantro is ready to harvest. We'll keep some back to let it bolt for coriander - that's the seed - but the rest we'll eat."

"Cilantro? What's that?"

"It's this one, see?" Kel gestured to a low, bushy plant, deep green. Fen leaned down and brushed against it and it released oils giving a burst of a spicy smell. "It's an herb, it's popular with lime-" she gestured to some small trees along a back wall "-and protein.

"Huh. I'd like to try it sometime."

Kel glanced down at her pad. "Today is Taco Tuesday! You can try it at lunch today."

"Taco?" Fen felt the odd word as she said it slowly.

"You'll love them, I promise" Kel smiled.

After the garden tour finished, Kel took Fen to the canteen and she tried her first taco. Watching Kel with skepticism, she picked up the folded, fried tortilla and turned her head and bit into it like she was shown. The flavors were unlike anything she had ever tasted. The onion, the lime, the highly spiced protein - she didn't think to ask what it was - and yes, the cilantro danced and pranced in her mouth as she chewed. It was an experience.

"Kel, this is amazing!" Fen tore into the taco with gusto and devoured both of them. Kel ate hers slightly slower, but still they were both done quickly. Kel went back up to get a few more.

"So Fen, what was it like, growing up on a Gren station?" Kel placed another taco down on Fen's plate.

"I mean, I didn't know anything else, so it was pretty normal for me?" Fen talked around her taco, then swallowed, and continued. "My parents were gone early, and I was taken in by the Gen'mil familial line."

"Familial line? That's K'laxi isn't it?"

Fen nodded. "That's right. They brought me up. I can speak K'inmar as well as Colonic, That's where I got these earrings." Fen turned her head and her piercings flashed. "My wife was K'laxi."

"And the tattoos?" Kel was wearing a shirt that covered them, but had clearly been watching Fen before. Fen raised an eyebrow.

"They're K'laxi yes, but I got them after I left, it's a memorial."

"I see. For your wife" Fen nodded quietly. "I'm sorry, my condolences."

"It's all right." Fen looked up at the buffet. "Any chance we can get more of those Tacos?"

Before Kel could get up to get more tacos, a shadow appeared behind Fen. "Who is your friend Kel? Is this that trash that was dumped from that old bot-jumper that we pinged?" She was a women a little shorter than Fen, wider, more voluptuous, with closely cropped blond hair. She was wearing a sneer as she looked upon Fen.

"Hello Ellen, this is Fen." Kel's voice was venomous.

Ellen scoffed. "Oh, my mistake. I didn't realize that the bots named their pets too." Ellen crossed her arms. "Fen, is it? What's with the cat earrings?"

Fen didn't say anything. Her eyes flicked up to Kel who tried to apologize with her eyes.

"Cat got your tongue?" Ellen's laugh was harsh and deep. She bent down and put her face even with Fen's. "Maybe you just don't understand human speech. Maybe this will help." She started meowing and hissing, like a housecat.

Fen reacted faster than Kel thought possible. Grabbing a fisfull of short hair, she grabbed the back of Ellen's head and slammed it against the table. The noise of Ellen's head striking the table caused all the conversation and noises of cutlery in the canteen to cease. Dazed, Ellen mumbled a swear, but before she could do anything else Fen rose out of her chair, grabbed her wrist, and spun her around in one motion, lifting her arm up to her skull. Ever time Ellen squirmed, Fen lifted the arm higher, until Ellen was standing on her toes.

"I speak Colonic just fine." She hissed. "I also speak Lemilar and K'inmar. I even know a little Innari. My parents died when I was young and I was taken in by a K'laxi familial group. My wife - who is dead, by the way, shot by gangsters - was K'laxi." Ellen tried to turn her head and Fen lifted the arm even higher. The blood ran out of Ellen's face and her eyes widened. "I was raised on a Gren station, do you know the Gren? I assume not. I understand that most of the Empire never ventures beyond their own corner of the galaxy." She lifted Ellen's arm up another millimeter. She whimpered. "The thing is, The Gren are taller than us, about equally muscled, and have thick hides that can nearly turn a knife. They have those reverse articulated legs though, you know them? I'm sure you have, you've probably at least seen a photo of one. Those legs means their hips are exceedingly complex and fragile. It's rather easy to dislocate a Gren's leg from their hips. Painful too. I've used it to my advantage more than once when one of them gave me shit about how I was raised, or who my partners were."

Fen took a moment to look around. She had the whole canteen's attention. Kel was looking at her with a combination of fear and admiration. Nobody seemed to be coming to Ellen's defense. In the back in the door was Captain Cooper who stood there with her arms crossed, watching impassively. Fen turned back to Ellen.

"The thing is, Ellen, humans shoulders are unique in the galaxy. They're complex things. We can throw better than just about anyone else we've seen, but that comes at a cost. Just like the Gren, we can dislocate easily." Fen lifted Ellen's arm up higher and Ellen let loose a whimpered scream.

Ellen tried to rise even taller. "Don't." She panted. "Please."

Fen leaned in even closer to Ellen's ear. "Don't what?" Her lips were almost touching Ellen's ear.

Ellen was on the tips of her toes, trying her hardest to not hang from her arm. "Don't... dislocate my... arm."

"Lieutenant Ellen Hannaford." Captain Cooper's voice was clear in the canteen. "What are you doing?"

"C-Captain, she... she's gonna" Ellen could only pant and gasp around the pain.

"I expected more... eloquence from my officers." Captain Cooper raised an eyebrow. "Ms. Whitehorse?"

Fen lowered Ellen a millimeter, but still held firm. "Ellen had decided to insult my heritage as well as the ship and AI who brought me here. I'm... sensitive to my heritage. Who I am is important to me, and someone who I've never met does not get to come up to me and start flinging slurs."

"Indeed." Captain Cooper's face was impassive. "Is anyone here willing to corroborate Ms. Whitehorse's story?"

Kel stood to attention. "Captain, I concur with our guest's description of events."

Captain Cooper eyed Kel, and turned to the rest of the canteen. "Does anyone wish to come to Lieutenant Hannaford's defense?"

No takers. Fen had a hunch that Ellen had pulled a stunt like this before.

"Well then." Captain Cooper turned back to Fen and Ellen. "Ms. Whitehorse, please continue your demonstration. Show the canteen how easy it is to dislocate a shoulder."

Fen looked Captain Cooper in the eyes. She saw no trick, no hint of anything other than her making a statement. She held the captain's gaze as she lifted Ellen's arm sharply.

Elen's eyes went even wider. "What? No! No nonononono" The pop was sickening. A millisecond before the screaming, Fen could hear the groan of sympathetic pain of the rest of the canteen. Fen released her and Ellen crumpled to the ground, moaning.

Captain Cooper turned to the crowd. "There are multiple lessons to be learned here. One, we always treat our guests with respect. We are to learn from them and they us. The things that Ms. Whitehorse has learned from us today will serve her well further into human space. Two, always evaluate your opponent before you instigate something. Don't start something you can't finish. And Three, Ms. Whitehorse is correct! Our shoulders are easy to dislocate in comparison to other sapients in the galaxy. We will conduct two weeks of remedial xenobiology for all crew. Cohorts will be drawn up and classes conducted - with exams at the end." The crowd groaned and sat back down to finish their lunch. Ellen laid on the floor, sniffling. Captain Cooper stood over her. "Lieutenant, pull yourself together. Get yourself to medical and get that dislocation treated." She turned on her heel and walked out of the canteen.

Fen sat back in her seat and took a sip of water, trying not to shake. That hadn't gone like she expected, the captain told her to dislocate the bully's arm. Kel's eyes shone. "That was amazing Fen! I had no idea you knew how to fight so well!"

"It's not exactly something that one tends to advertise Kel. In my line of work, it pays to be underestimated."

"Your line of work? What do you do?"

Fen stopped. Just what does she do? Telling Kel that she was a trader didn't seem that exciting, and Gord did say that she was good enough to sign on with a Mercenary group.

"I'm a mercenary." She lied.

[fcukfodmap]

Instant Pot Low-FODMAP Gluten-free Wild Rice & Coconut Soup

I'm from Minnesota and reside in wild rice country, so I've cooked a lot of wild rice over the years. It all tends to be pretty hotdishy though: lots of mushroom casseroles, the ubiquitous wild rice soup, etc. So when I ran across this recipe which put together coconut and wild rice, I was like, this is happening. It ended up really good, made excellent leftovers, and my mom even asked for the recipe, which is super unusual. Without further preamble:

Instant Pot Low-FODMAP Gluten-free Wild Rice & Coconut Soup

8 oz Swiss chard, stems chopped fine, leaves cut into 1 1/2 in pieces

2 tbsp grated fresh ginger

1 serrano chile, stemmed, seeded, and minced

1 tbsp tomato paste

2 tsp turmeric

1 1/2 tsp garam masala

1/4 tsp cayenne

4 c vegetable broth

2 14-oz cans of coconut milk

1 c wild rice

1 tomato, chopped

1/4 c fresh cilantro, chopped

lime wedges

vegetable oil, salt, pepper

Heat 2 tbsp oil in Instant Pot until shimmering, then add the chard stems and cook until softened. Add ginger, diced chile, tomato paste, turmeric, garam masala, cayenne, and 1 tsp salt and cook for 30 sec or so to bloom. Stir in broth and one of the cans of coconut milk. Lock lid in place and pressure cook on the highest setting for 30 minutes.* Turn off Instant Pot and quick release the pressure.

Turn the saute function on, stir in second can of coconut milk and chard leaves, and cook until the chard wilts, about 5 minutes. Turn off heat. Stir in the tomato and cilantro and season with salt and pepper. Serve with lime wedges.

*An aside on wild rice. Wild rice is harvested from lakes and parched so that it can be stored. The parching process can result in considerable variation in how pliant or dry the rice ends up. I had a batch that was extremely hard, so I added another 10 minutes to the pressure-cooking time. The rice should fluff out when it's tender enough to eat, kind of like the way popcorn fluffs out of the dry popcorn kernel. (Wild rice and corn are closely related plants.) Do not use either quick-cooking or precooked rice in this recipe.

The one ingredient which might give you FODMAP trouble is the broth. Most commercially made broths have onions and/or celery in them, which is verboten. I tend to feel pretty YOLO about broth because it's mostly salt and water. Which, coincidentally, could be what you substitute for the broth if you don't want to risk it.

I haven't really cooked with serrano peppers before, and I wasn't over-wowed by its inclusion here. Honestly, I couldn't taste it. If I had to do again, I'd use a jalapeno or two instead. Even said, this was pretty great, and I'll be making this again for sure.

Disclaimer: I am no dietician. I'm doing my best to minimize FODMAPs in my diet, but it's possible for me to be misinformed or mistaken about various ingredients.

[tomorrowsgardennc]

garden update // june 18th

ughs, if only rain totems were real like in sdv.

my tomatillos are going bonkers right now. they're wilting from lack of rain and on the hottest day i have to water them twice, but there has to be a thousand or more flowers everywhere and they have been swarmed with pollinators. just from that alone i'll be growing tomatillos every year now. just, no longer in pots.

the last of the cilantro/corriander is finishing up going to seed, and the first of the lettuce seed is ready to harvest. thankfully all these seed harvests are in succession and not at the same time knock on wood. i find it interesting that the lettuce seeds have feather carriers, almost like dandelions 🤔

i have black turtle bush beans growing in full shade and they're still producing. the baby beans are too cute. i have the 2nd round of these in full sun so i can see if there's actually a production difference. i typically tell people the more sun, the more flowers but damn this heat.

and yet, these two viola plants are still holding on. one antique shade and one black velvet. i've been harvesting viola seeds for the past 3 months now and pulled out all the other violas that died from the heat, but these two are troopers. still blooming and still producing seed. at least someone isn't phased by the heat.

the purple sweet potatoes and the pumpkins have doubled in size the past week, so it's making me daydream of fall already. last year was my first year growing pumpkins and i got only one, but i learned why and hope to have better success this year. i have autumn blue and white minis growing. finger's crossed they produce like crazy, and that fall weather arrives quickly.

[sagescented]

Note To Self: Personal Seed Box - Herbs (Medicinal & Culinary+)

Sweet Marjoram: Perennial in Zones 6 through 8; Start indoors 6 to 8 weeks before last frost and transplant after threat of frost has passed, 6 to 8 inches apart.

Greek Oregano: Perennial in Zones 5 through 9; direct sow 12 inches apart in full sun after last frost.

Common Thyme: Perennial in Zones 4 through 8; Start indoors 6 to 8 weeks before last frost and transplant after threat of frost has passed, 12 inches apart.

Winter Savory: Perennial in Zones 5 through 8; Direct sow 3 to 6 inches apart after last frost; require 5 hours of bright sunlight; harvest after 6 inches of growth; same for Summer Savory.

Tarragon: Perennial in Zones 4 and above; Direct sow in full sun after last frost, 18 inches apart.

Rosemary: Perennial in Zones 7 through 11; Start indoors 10 weeks before last frost and transplant after threat of frost has passed, 18 inches apart

Chervil: Direct sow in full shade after last frost; harsh temperatures will cause Chervil to bolt, and make the flavor bitter.

Fernleaf Dill: Direct sow after last frost, 12 inches apart.

Common Cilantro: Same as above; for Slo-Bolt Cilantro variety, direct sow 3 to 4 weeks before last frost instead.

Single Leaf Italian Parsley: Direct sow after last frost, 6 inches apart.

Common / Broadleaf / Garden Sage: Start indoors 8 to 10 weeks before last frost and transplant after threat of frost has passed, 12 to 15 inches apart

Purple Sage: Annual below Zone 8; Scarify seed lightly on fine grit sandpaper and start indoors 6 to 8 weeks before last frost and transplant after threat of frost has passed, 3 to 4 feet apart; difficult germinator; same for Black Sage.

Temperate Tulsi / Holy Basil: Direct sow in full sun after last frost, 12 inches apart.

Spicy Saber Basil: Direct sow in full sun after last frost, 6 inches apart; same for Siam Queen, Lemon Drop, Genovese, and Lime cultivars; Dark Opal Purple Basil may need more cold protection.

Spearmint: Start indoors 8 to 10 weeks before last frost and transplant after threat of frost has passed, 18 inches apart in partial shade.

Peppermint: Perennial in Zones 5 through 11; Direct sow after last frost, 18 inches apart in partial shade.

Mountain Mint: Direct sow in late fall or in spring as soon as the soil has warmed; no one seems to give better instructions than that (except that ideal germination temperature is 70 degrees F)

Catnip: Perennial in Zones 4 through 9; Direct sow after last frost, 18 inches apart.

Lemon Balm: Direct sow after last frost, 12 to 15 inches apart; overwatering will make the plant bolt; for Orange Balm cultivar, however, start indoors 6 to 8 weeks before last frost.

Wild Bergamot: Direct sow after last frost.

White Horehound: Perennial; Start indoors 4 to 6 weeks before last frost and transplant after threat of last frost has passed, 10 inches apart.

Valerian: Perennial; Direct sow after last frost, 12 to 24 inches apart.

Lovage: Perennial: Start indoors 6 to 8 weeks before last frost and transplant after threat of frost has passed, 8 to 24 inches apart.

Hyssop: Perennial in Zones 5 to 10; Direct sow after last frost, 24 inches apart; prune to 2 inches above old growth each fall to maintain shape.

Rue: Perennial in Zones 4 through 9; Start indoors 8 to 12 weeks before last frost and transplant after threat of frost has passed, 12 to 24 inches apart.

Absinthe Wormwood: Perennial in Zones 4 through 9; direct sow in full sun after last frost, 3 feet apart.

Prairie Sage: Requires 30 days of cold moist stratification for germination; after stratification, direct sow after last frost.

California Mugwort: Direct sow after last frost, 3 to 4 feet apart.

Comfrey: Perennial; Direct sow in cool soil in early spring, 18 inches apart.

Common Mullein: Biennial in Zones 3 through 8; Direct sow after last frost in poor soil and full sun or partial shade.

Woodland / Flowering Tobacco: Direct sow after last frost, 18 to 36 inches apart; pinch to encourage branching and additional flowering, and deadhead to reduce reseeding and spread.

Purple Coneflower / Echinacea: Direct sow in warm soil, 18 inches apart.

Cardinal Flower: Requires 60 days of cold moist stratification for germination; after stratification, direct sow after last frost.

Goldenrod: Both Showy Goldenrod and Zig Zag Goldenrod varieties require 60 days of cold moist stratification for germination; after stratification, direct sow after last frost.

English Lavender: Perennial in Zones 6 through 9; Start indoors 6 to 8 weeks before last frost and transplant after threat of frost has passed, 12 inches apart.

German / False Chamomile: Direct sow after last frost, 12 to 18 inches apart.

[thestudentfarmer]

Hello and Good day,

Today I wanted to give some garden updates!

⭐️Things that have Sprouted ⭐️

🌱Dill. 🌱Cilantro l

🌱Jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes)

🌱Melons (sugar baby) 🌱 Honeydew (Barnyard mix)

⭐️Planted & Direct seed⭐️

🌻Ginger root. 🌻Gladiolus bulbs

🌻 Swiss chard 🌻Carrots

🌻Green beans (bush variety, Blue lake) 1st planting. (4 planned in total)

I still need to plant a few more things but currently I'm held back by lack of wood, soil and the rising heat coming in. Thankfully the sun's staying out later now too, so that should be useful

Also

my Plans currently for those curious about the beans planting cycle. As I mentioned intentions is 4 total plantings.

When the greens beans 1st planting sprouts and is a little more grown, I'll be seeding the other side of the bed with more beans, same variety. 2nd planting, when they sprout, i intend to direct seed the space around the 1st planting with a few more bush type, with a third planting to try and draw out our homes' fresh harvest. (Plus, if the first doesn't do so well, we'll at least be able to hopefully still see some sort of harvest)

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Also thought this was pretty cool and wanted to share, as ya'all know I've been growing broccoli and letting it go to seed.

I cut, collected and set aside the branches si thought closest to having usable seed and~

Found ladybugs!

This one's fresh hatched I believe, some of the hatched ones were red, but most seemed a bright orange (like when butterflies emerge and dry out)

I've never seen the stage between the ladybug gator and the ladybug too. Figure most haven't, particularly those in urban and inner city areas.

This one was just resting next to the empty shell.

Some lady gators chilling. They look a bit spooky but at this stage they eat more aphids than in the adult stage. And as I learned from a web search they eat more than just aphids??

Apparently they eat aphids, scale insects, insect eggs, mealy bugs, leaf hoppers and cornworms among others? Which awesome if so!

Even if the great broccoli seed experiment doesn't work this year or next I'll likely leave a few up again, even if solely for the ladygators and future ladybugs and other beneficials in the garden.

We also found what we believe might be a buckmoth caterpillar? We aren't absolutly certain given everytime I've seen 'em, it's on a hollyhock and not what is their usual food sources? It is Possible a bird brought it over for a snack and went blegh too lol.

We know at least bare minimun it's a stinging type of caterpillar so we'll be cautious as we proceed with care of the Hollyhocks.

That's it for now, Thanks for stopping by :)

🌱🍃Happy Homesteading and Gardening🍃🌱

4.29.2024

[pockymun]

2024 Garden - Week 6 (July 14-20)

More foliage and fruit growth! I can really see where the tomato plants are vining, but they will just have to deal with their cages. Budget constraints. Thankfully they're still giving the carrots some space.

One green bean plant is reaching for the sky. The other fell and started to twist around itself. Still no beans on them.

The dill is still coming on strong. I planted more on Wednesday night (in the rain) for successive sowing. Still nothing for basil and oregano though.

One jalapeno was ready for harvest this week! Another will will be ready next week, and another the week after that. I don't mind this.

The cucumber plants became a big problem though, spilling out into the aisle, taking up the whole bed, and strangling the cilantro plant. Even the chamomile started to wilt a little. All of this foliage hid growing cucumbers!

On top of being strangled, the cilantro plant was getting scorched in the hot weather. I haven't watered it because none of the other plants have needed water with the consistent rain we've been getting. That it bolted in the first place didn't help. I've already harvested so much cilantro from it (more than I'll use in a year), so if it doesn't recover, I won't be upset about it. More room for the dill or carrots.

Still, the cucumber plants were becoming a problem. So yesterday morning before work, I did some pruning. I ended up being a little too enthusiastic with the pruners. I cut the plants down to half their size, and ended up two minutes late to work. But there was a noticeable difference in the chamomile when I returned after work.

I cut back so many stems on the cilantro plant that looked too burnt to recover. Again, maybe I was too enthusiastic with the pruners. There was some new growth, but clearly the plant was too big to support itself. I saved the best-looking stem. I'll give it some time to recover.

Carrots and dill are still doing their thing. The green bean plant is reaching even higher into the sky, to the realm of giants. I should bind the second green been plant to its pole next time I visit.

I think this is an oregano plant, but it could also be a weed? I just want some other herb to grow besides the dill.

The tomato plants continue to reach further out. They might be next to get pruned. The fruits are still green, but they're putting weight on!

And finally, this week's harvest! A couple cucumbers got bigger than they should have, because I couldn't easily see them on the plant! Probably should have left the biggest one on the vine to get overripe so I can harvest some seeds for next year, but I needed enough cucumbers for pickling this weekend. I found a book at the library specifically for small batch preserving, so we'll see how it goes!

[toddstool]

my garden is officially dead 😞 i got one small mushy pumpkin and two smaller ones that got munched on before they could turn orange, a bunch of shitty small carrots, many many many many radishes, the start of cucumbers of which got eaten by the squirrels before they could get bigger, a green heirloom tomato which I was excited to see ripen and turn red but was also eaten by the squirrels, a buncha tiny cherry tomatoes and some other type of small tomato, two decent sized potatoes which im nervous to eat cuz they got holes in em plus many smaller ones that i replanted for fall, occasionally got some large enough kale leaves to feed to my rabbit, some arugula but i forgot what it was so i never harvested it, basil that I never really touched, like 5 giant sunflowers that did really well besides the fact that they all faced the cinder block fence because of the heat, like maybe 5 sugar snap peas that were all very tasty, cilantro that lasted 5 seconds in the heat, 10+ stunted watermelon plants that refused to grow, corn that didn't grow cobs but I did find a corn-eating caterpillar friend in one and got to watch it turn into a moth and release which was c00l, one EXTREMELY LARGE beet and many beet sprouts that never grew except for like 3 but they died from the heat before they could get bigger, spinach they never popped up except for like 2 leaves but they were promptly eaten (squirrels), replanted lettuce and bok choy cuttings that went to seed before I could harvest them, wildflowers that only a few bloomed, different types of bean plants that never for far cuz I planted them too late, some tall grass (weeds?) that i transplanted for funzies that i actually really liked (they made seeds so I scattered them in the duck pen hoping they'll grow), giant replanted green onion that flowered bur none of the ones I grew from seed got much bigger than lawn grass, and uhhhhhh idk what else but that was pretty much it. safe to say I'd DEFINITELY survive vegan homesteading for sure B) dare i say even thrive. but I learned sooo much and I can't wait for next year when I have a job and even more money!!

[gardeningloverfamily]

✅✅Growing vegetables in containers is a great way to enjoy fresh produce, even if space is limited. Here are some of the best vegetables to grow in containers:

Tomatoes: ✅✅Varieties: Cherry or bush types (e.g., 'Patio Princess' or 'Tiny Tim') do well in containers. Container size: 5-gallon pot or larger.

Tips**: Stake or cage for support and provide plenty of sunlight and regular watering.

Peppers: ✅✅Varieties: Both sweet and hot peppers thrive in containers. Container size: 3 to 5-gallon pots. Tips**: Full sun and well-draining soil are key.

Lettuce: ✅✅Varieties: Leaf lettuce like 'Black-Seeded Simpson' or 'Salad Bowl' are ideal. Container size: Shallow containers (6-8 inches deep). Tips: Grows quickly and prefers cooler weather, so partial shade can help.

Spinach: ✅✅Varieties: Most types work well, but 'Baby Leaf' is particularly suited to containers. Container size: 6 inches deep or more. Tips**: Grow in cooler weather with regular watering.

Radishes: ✅✅Varieties: Quick-growing varieties like 'Cherry Belle' are perfect. Container size: Shallow pots (6 inches deep). Tips**: Ideal for small spaces and quick harvests in cooler weather.

Carrots: ✅✅Varieties: Choose short or round varieties like 'Thumbelina' or 'Nantes'. Container size: 12 inches deep or more. Tips**: Ensure loose soil for root growth and keep soil consistently moist.

Cucumbers: ✅✅Varieties: Bush or dwarf varieties (e.g., 'Spacemaster'). Container size: 5-gallon pots. Tips**: Provide support for vining types and ensure full sun.

Green Beans: ✅✅Varieties: Bush beans (e.g., 'Bush Blue Lake' or 'Contender') are best for containers. Container size: 12 inches deep or more. Tips**: They don’t require much space and can produce a large harvest in a small area.

Eggplants: ✅✅Varieties: Compact varieties like 'Patio Baby' do well in containers. Container size: 5-gallon pots or larger. Tips**: Needs full sun and regular watering.

Herbs (Bonus) ✅✅Varieties: Basil, parsley, cilantro, thyme, and rosemary thrive in containers.

✅✅Container size: Small pots (6-8 inches deep). Tips**: Grow in a sunny spot and harvest regularly to encourage new growth.

✅✅General Tips: Soil**: Use a high-quality potting mix, not garden soil, for proper drainage.

✅✅Watering: Containers dry out faster, so water regularly and ensure proper drainage.

✅✅Sunlight: Most vegetables need 6-8 hours of direct sunlight each day.

✅✅Ertilizing: Since nutrients can wash out of containers, use a balanced fertilizer to support growth.

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[inthecityofgoodabode]

August 2024: The Wasteland, Harvest, Salsa & Why?

In this previous post, I mentioned collecting a water lily seed head. I dispersed the seeds in The Wasteland rivulet (It is marked by that spot where the tree line extends the furthest into the field). If they take off, the lily pads would provide great cover for the local amphibian population:

Sunday harvest from the front yard & backyard gardens:

I made salsa tonight to go with our tacos. The recipe I use calls for half of a Bell Pepper & 5 Jalapenos but we didn't have any Jalapenos so I used 5 Shishito peppers (They have a similar heat to Jalapenos) & an Anaheim:

Homemade salsa made with almost all homegrown ingredients. The only thing that isn't our is the salt, red wine vinegar & cilantro. I wish the cilantro had been ours but, for us, cilantro is a Spring & Fall crop. We had some cilantro try to come up from seed on its own but the August heat caused it to whither:

Why? I thought half sheets were a dumb idea but this a step beyond. Never in my life, have I made a mess that only required a toilet sheet sized piece of paper towel. When I make an ass, it is Brazilian butt lift sized. I'm lucky if one full sheet of paper towel will suffice. This is how I know the concept of consumer driven economics is bullshit because I don't know of anyone who needed this. I can't even conceive of how this could save the paper towel manufacturers money. Who the hell asked for this?:

[timidxtempted]

Lessons from the garden.

During the course of a recent conversation, the practice of gardening was used as a metaphor for decidedly non-gardening things. As occasionally happens, that set my brain on a track that drifted off on it's own little tangent.

So.

Garden.

Brain.

Metaphor.

...

I don't fail well.

I know... most people don't. But I REALLY don't. I beat myself up, so extremely hard. To the point that I either miss the lesson altogether, or I am in no fit state to receive it.

I chose to start a garden as an experiment in failure. I have never been a green thumb person. I wanted to be. I tried to be. But I FAILED. Miserably. Repeatedly.

Seemed like an innocuous place to practice failing.

I planned everything in advance. Literally - there's an app for that. And yet somehow, I still wound up with dill in my cilantro bed, and a tomato plant (bafflingly) in amongst my beans. Funny thing is, they don't seem to know or care where they *should* be, and are doing just fine where they are, thankyouverymuch.

I planted the seeds later than I should have, too late, I was sure, in some cases. Yet, I am still getting a pretty incredible harvest, even of those things I was positive I was too late for.

I planted seeds that did not grow. Then I watched those empty spaces disappear in the abundance of what flourished, until all the beds looked as full and verdant as I could ever have hoped for in my gardeniest dreams.

Failing at gardening allowed me the grace to learn that some things matter way more than dill in the cilantro.

...

Sometimes you just need an hour in your garden to set your head right. 

Metaphorically...

Or not.

[rose-honey-lemonade]

Community garden check!!! 🌱🍓🥬🍅🫑

My dad is back in town so we went to our garden plot! We pulled out all the radishes that had gone to seed/not made very good roots (glad I managed to get the good ones earlier), harvested the tops of the lettuces and pulled out the rest, pulled out the spinach that had gone to seed, harvested the one good spinach, and harvested the strawberries.

We also weeded more bindweed 😑 will we ever be free? (Not likely)

Then we got to the real reason we went to the garden today: to plant tomato and pepper plants, and one sweet basil (I snagged a leaf, smelled too good not to munch)

From top to bottom, right to left we have:

Basil, red bell peppers, beefsteak tomatoes, slicer tomatoes, heirloom roma tomatoes, and banana peppers

We also fertilized everything! My dad left the cilantro in even though it's blooming/gone to seed because he thinks it looks cool and the pollinators were all over it 🤭 it does make a pretty cool "fence" in our plot ngl.

And this is the full plot pic and my tiny strawberry harvest. Not bad for free "weed" plants we dug out of the walkway! Hopefully they will be much bigger next year like the plot across from ours has.

We also have a "weed" mint and the sunflower that we're leaving in because mint is yummy and the sunflower is pretty/provides a bit of shade for the stuff under it.

(we may pull the mint out next week if it looks like it's gonna overtake the strawberry plants)

EDIT: ALMOST FORGOT THE RAINBOW PIC I TOOK WHILE WATERING!!!!!

Hee hee hee happy pride, veggies! 💗🌈

[tomorrowsgardennc]

currently processing:

silver dollar money plant

waiting to be processed:

blue curled scotch kale

coppenhagen market cabbage

waiting to be packaged:

walking egyptian onion

currently curing:

last batch of cilantro

tennis ball lettuce

currently fermenting:

black cherry tomato

orange hat microdwarf tomato

awaiting seed harvest:

green husk tomatillos

chinese pink celery

[japanesepenguin]

+ Garden update~

+ This is a plum tree; after several flowers at the end of winter, he's finally decided to start growing some leaves; I let the clover grow in the pot because I have very little mulch and even less dried leaves to use as cover

+ Rosemary finally has some sun, looking good

+ Snapdragons finally dying off, but the pots contain chive seedlings and lots of cilantro (needs thinning)

+ Basil; this was store-bought at a sale price, but doing okay

+ Seed trays!

+ Shiso/ooba (Japanese perilla), big tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, blackberries (an experiment, nothing has sprouted), shishito (peppers), chervil, parsley, more cilantro, dill, broccoli, kale, lettuce, gooseberry (all sprouted!!), a few ice plants that I'm hoping will take off with warmer weather, snow peas...

+ The plants at the top of the image are all wildflowers from a packet of seeds from my mom

+ Bird netting around the blueberry bushes; the king and queen (Samson and Suksuk) are now accompanied by Starya and Sootakson; the netting is not well-done, it was a mid-workday emergency job since the birds started going for the flower blossoms...

+ Suksuk already blossomed and, I believe, got pollinated by something; at least, it's looking like it's supposed to... the petals turned purple and fell off, and the bottom bit looks like it should

+ Flowers outside Akina's window: lantana and saxifrage plus lavender; the plant is okra, I figured it would grow better with Akina watching over it; the lavender lacks flowers in the photo because I've harvested the first batch and am currently drying them (for making London Fog)

+ This is iyokan, a Japanese citrus; like any citrus, its flowers smell amazing...

+ A Japanese bell pepper, eggplant, and three corn... like, regular corn; The eggplant is not doing well, not sure what's wrong

+ Oh! The persimmon "tree" is still alive! He's been making leaves, which is incredible, because when I transplanted it, it had no healthy roots and was just a dead stick; trees are great

+ The side plot... radishes (about ready to harvest), beets, a small amount of spinach, carrots, and edamame (soy beans); the scraps on the right are there drying out to be used in compost

+ Snow peas from a seed pack from my mom

+ Edamame (soy beans) from our landlord... He asked how many I wanted, I told him 12, he told me to take 20, I told him I don't have room for 20, he told me to take 15, I took 15... But three of them have died so now I have 12

+ They are growing surprisingly fast...

+ I have started a more proper composting area

+ Finally, the strawberries! We have gotten six tiny little berries so far from a set of four plants; the berries were small but very sweet

+ But the bigger berries on the bigger plants are starting to come in and most of the other plants have lots of flowers...

+ This concludes your garden update

[thestudentfarmer]

Hello and good day!

Just wanted to share a few Planting notes and whats been going on round my garden and kitchen~

Today I planted some

They look very lovely in the pictures, plus the Tubers that grow under them are said to be edible and similar to potatoes. I think their pretty and would like to try them once. I figure if no one in the household likes them I have tried them, and have a neat thing to share with friends at least + can share with the seed library or at a plant swamp :)

Also direct seeded some

Dill and cilantro seed. I've never been real great at making herbs grow well but this year I'm hoping is the year to change that :) with luck in a short time there'll be plenty for us as well as gifting, maybe trading and sharing (which is part of my ultimate grow goals :) ) but I'll be satisfied with enough to use here and self seed for future harvests.

Direct seeded some sugar baby watermelons to replace the bed the chickens dug up. (I'll need to make a new fence for this part of the garden, the old one was just simple wire fence. I'd like to put in a nice wire and wood one with a latch gate)

Tossed out a few handfuls of black oil sunflowers among the unclaimed parts of the back garden. With luck they'll grow pretty quickly to proffer some shade and a snack spot for the parrots again.

And of interest, the regrow from the store green onions is blooming some flowers! They are definatly determined lil plants!

I don't have pictures currently for the rest but I also got a bit of stuff done for both gardening and things to try out

🔨I made 2 olla's to try out in an attempt to reduce watering around the garden as well as to conserve water in the soil a bit more. Their just 2 unglazed Terra cotta pots, silicone sealed together and a cork put in one end. The water coaster I'm using to cover the top in between watering. I've never used them, or seen them used before so at this time its to test out for a future project. Plus i just wanted to see them in function :)

🔨 fully made a 5×2 raised bed for the front garden. A second is about 1/2 made. I need to get more wood to finish. At current fenced in spacing I could fit 2 more beds this size.

⛰️ got that bed lined out with cardboard, paper and filled with compost to settle (currently 6 cubic feet of composted manure) 🪶I still need to lay out water lines for both future rows, but want to get one more of the 3 beds built before I start laying that line down.

I won't be doing ground beds in this section due to the knowledge there are utility lines pretty close to the surface. ⭐️ALWAYS call or find out where your yards service lines are befor digging!! It will save you a lot of stress and financial strain⭐️

Plus I can make the raised beds deeper/taller for root crops like carrots or sweet potatoes without having to dig too deep 😉

Laid out some tarp to die off a section of yard to start an amaranth grow spot (end goal, 2 spaces for this. human food, natural dye work material and chicken feed)

That's it for todays lil blurbs :)

🌱🌻Happy Homesteading and Urban Gardening 🌻🌱

4 19 2024

[pockymun]

2024 Garden - Week 7 (7/21-7/26)

Quiet start to the week. The cucumber plants have started to climb their trellis, slowly. There were more small cucumbers , but nothing big enough to pick.

Both green bean plants have reached the top of their poles, and started to climb back down. No beans yet, though.

The tomato plants have started getting really big. They have big fruits, too, but no hint of red yet.

The dill have been putting on a lot of foliage--I might get some seed heads next week! The cilantro plant seems to be done; I'm waiting for it to dry out for good before I try to harvest seats. The carrots are persisting behind the tomato plants.

The jalapeno plants are beginning to produce more and more, although they're not very tall.

I checked back on Wednesday morning, mostly to see how many cucumbers would possibly be ready for canning this weekend. On Wednesday morning, there were only 3-4 medium cucumbers, which I planned to just leave on the vine for another week. What was more concerning was the discolored leaves.

The tomato plants have started to crowd the carrots and the green beans next to them. They definitely need to be on a trellis next year.

The green bean plants have started to put on more foliage, which hopefully means green beans soon! It seems that the jalapeno plants will have one harvestable jalapeno a week. Even so, I don't know what to do with all these jalapenos.

We had heavy showers on Wednesday, along with the rain on Tuesday and Thursday. As before, the cucumber plants exploded in growth, except this time they grew fruits instead of foliage! The leaves continue to yellow and have white/gray spots on them. I pull them off as I see them.

The tomato plants started to have yellow leaves with brown spots, too. I pulled a bunch off. I hope it's just that the leaves weren't getting enough sun because there's so many of them. The fruits continue to get bigger, but are still green.

The tomato plants have begun to really crowd the carrots. One vine on the ground has even grown root feelers. I'm interested to see what this will do, but I need to defend my carrots!

Green bean plants have made bigger leaves, but still no beans! Maybe next weekend I'll see some. My supervisor at work apparently already has been picking beans off of her plants.

The dill continue to get bigger, and look like they might put out flowers next week!

Lastly, the harvest! Like I said before, Wednesday morning looked like there wasn't going to be enough to harvest for canning this weekend. Since then, the plants have taken that rain and made 7 large cucumbers! And the weekly jalapeno, of course. I will be canning after all!

One cucumber did get stuck in between the chicken wire, leading to a split appearance. It was better to harvest it sooner than later. I have another medium cucumber on the vine that I think I will let overripen, so I can harvest seeds for next year.

I'm going to be swamped when those tomatoes start turning red.