charmon's Journal

Member since: Sep 07 | Years gardening: 1 Organic gardener

Show All | Journal Entries | Questions

18 Oct 2008
I'm Back!
After a few months hiatus, I’m back! I finally got around to planting herbs, carrots, and lettuces at my new apartment. My indoor garden from last year was hard to maintain so hopefully now that I’m planting everything outside, the plants will be happier. This will be the first time I...
Sunny 17°C / 63°F
12 Jul 2008
Sown Mexican Marigold Sown
12 Jul 2008
Sown Witerbi Mangold Chard Sown
12 Jul 2008
Transplanted Oregano Transplanted
12 Jul 2008
Just Purchased Basil Purchased
06 Jun 2008
Another Round? Strawberry 'Chandler' and Indoor Vegetable garden
Last night I picked the fourth strawberry from my plants. There aren’t any more growing and I don’t see any more flowers, so hopefully there will still be another rounds of fruit. The plants are still growing new leaves though, so maybe that’s a good sign….
Sunny 25°C / 77°F
23 May 2008
Ripe Strawberries! Strawberry 'Chandler' and Indoor Vegetable garden
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Last night I picked two ripe strawberries off my plant (that’s only doing so-so) and they were really tasty! A tad small, but good. Even though I probably won’t get a plethora of berries, I’m at least getting a few and they are just too cute for words :P
Rainy 16°C / 60°F
13 May 2008
New Thyme! Lemon Thyme and Herb garden
In an effort to re-establish my herb garden, I decided to pick up some thyme at the garden store while getting soil to plant my rosemary. I had a choice between silver thyme and lemon thyme and decided to go with the lemon. I’ve heard that you can’t really taste the lemon-y part when it’s cooked,...
Cloudy 70°C / 158°F
13 May 2008
New Rosemary Rosemary and Herb garden
I went to my parent’s house over the weekend for Mother’s Day and decided to take home a few clippings of their large rosemary bush. I planted them last night and hopefully they’ll take root and turn into full rosemary plants themselves! This time around I have to be more dilige...
Cloudy 21°C / 70°F
12 May 2008
Just Purchased Lemon Thyme Purchased