4 posts tagged “green”
And in breaking news, most of my plants are still alive and well. We lost a basil plant (the mutant one that had survived since April), but are seemingly going to be on the receiving end of a lot of tomatoes very soon.
For more photos, check out my Flickr photoset.
I was recently asked by my wonderful and talented friend Aja Marsh to write a guest blog for her new green living/healthy lifestyle blog, Stem+Leaf.
While you give it a read, I'll be here, waiting for my Pulitzer to arrive in the mail.
After falling in love with guacamole earlier this year, I decided to try to grow my own avocado tree in the yard. Five failed attempts later, we finally have a plant. WITH LEAVES!
Earlier this year, in a fit of boredom, I tried planting vegetables. There was some limited success, until our trip to Europe effectively killed of nearly everything I had planted.
A few weeks ago, I decided to give it another shot. I cleared out an 8' x 4' plot in the backyard and established the second go-around for Lowell Farms.
The pictures on the right are pictures from right after week two, when I actually planted things in the ground (as opposed to hauling out grass, sand and rocks -- what you hit two inches underground anything in Florida).
The second picture is of a yellow belle pepper plant, which has somehow survived neglect/floods/tropical storm-force winds, and is now growing no fewer than four pepper. How it is alive, I do not understand.
And, sadly, I have to report we've had one casualty so far -- the habanero plant doesn't appear to be doing all that well. In lieu of flowers or cards, please send cash donations to me. I'll make sure it's put to good use.
