Some banana peels, egg shells, garden items, coffee grinds and used tea leaves to be mixed into a rapid compost mix

Going to start a New compost today, using the soil from last year tomato soil bag that was replaced into a large pot and let it sit until June or July when I replant some of the tomato cuttings.

Since I started doing this, I have almost 0 organic food waste and already given away 2x15L compost to a friend who starting a vegetable garden (helped with planning and purchase of material plus a few seedlings and some old seeds.

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I have to move this guy to a larger container

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indoor hydroponic is growing really well

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Almost all my indoor plants are infested with aphids.

Did the second wash of them with soapy water and Neem oil. I'm not going to let them win this year.

Put a few of them outside and sprayed them very well.

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Separated the runners, total 56 plants. Going to put them in mesh cups and start the hydroponic unit again. It will b me air freshener in the bedroom going through place a light above it to light it up a little

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Walked around our local park and found a pile of gardening clean up and collected a lot of spider web runners from the pile.

They did a spring clean up yesterday but didn't remove the "rubbish", lucky me, I found a lot of cuttings to add to replant at home.

I am planning to restart the hydroponic tower I used to have back in Paris with 36 of those on a 1.5m PVC pipe.

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Day 5 of regrowing celery from store bought plant.

The little guy is growing, but no signs of any roots yet.

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Planted a few fawa beans in the garden where I have tomatoes to help the soil and to attract some bees.

E days later and the little guy is almost 5cm tall.

If it works, I will have some delicious fresh fawa beans as well.

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I really need to start growing these.

I just can't afford eating them. They are more expensive than organic chicken breast.

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I have cut back my purchase of bananas because they are not local and most brands are from questionable companies.

Went to our local shop and found a huge pack of "old bananas" at discount price. So I purchased them.

This gave me the opportunity to create banana juice for my plants. Cut the peels into small pieces, added water and let it sit for w days.

Going to use the water as #potassium boost for my plants and crush the peels in a high speed mixer with coffee grounds, egg shells and a small amount of baking soda to adjust the pH level to create my speed #compost mix.

It will go into the bottom of the container I'm preparing for a friend with cherry tomatoes. Hopefully she will be able to grow them as tall as I managed (3M+) and get a lot of #tomatoes from it.

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Previous trial didn't work, so I'm trying again to grow celery from store bought bunch.

The last one developed small roots but died when I put it in the dutch bucket unit.

I really want to grow a few celery to use when I'm cooking celery stew once a month. Couldn't grow them from seed, so I'm trying to grow them this way instead.

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Spent a lot of time in the balcony today. Cleaned up and got rid of some half dead plants, detaches and replanted strawberries from last year and added new compost into the pots.

I had 3 large strawberry plants growing from last year and I could see they were struggling.

Took them out and dividend then into 29 small strawberry plants and put them into 3 different planters with a lot of compost from the big bag I started last summer.

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Another failed experiment. Cocktail tomatoe plant on the balcony, the Kratky system didn't work at all and mix of heavy rain and lack of attention got it killed.

Cleaning up the balcony to have one side for sitting and other side for gardening as my wife is coming back in a few months and demanded to have her half of the balcony "livable" bor like a jungle as it is today.

Probably have to give up my second 220L water container as well because there was a no way I can have 2 of them fitting in one side of the balcony.

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This is what happens when you grow #mint ina hydroponic system.

Just like in soil, mint have a strong way of spreading and taking over what ever place is available.

This used to hold a #parsley seedling, next to the mint unit on the 3x5 hole #IKEA #Växer unit.

The parsley was killed long time ago and it's roots were chocked and taken over by the neighboring mint.

I'm cleaning up the unit indoor and getting rid of all the unhealthy units. This , I pulled to find over 40cm of roots growing towards the rest of the system.

I removed this unit and trimmed all the unnecessary roots. And I probably have to do major cleanup of the reservoir.

But for now, this guy needs a new home.

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Was asked by a friend to prepare 10-15 chili pepper plants for a dutch bucket hydroponics to use in his small restaurant.

Going to start some 20+ seedlings and see how many of them survive.

I wanted to grow 3 different types of #peppers instead of just one. But I do what he asked.

Going to prepare the buckets next. Can't post pictures without his permission.

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5 coriander seedlings sets planted inside Ikea units with the mix or perlite and vermiculite

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It's my lucky day.

Received my 100L mix of #perlites and #vermiculite I bought from a guy online for 20 euros.

I feel silly because it's another large item I have to move.

I know I'm crazy, but couldn't say no.

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Took out all the infected plants to get rid of the aphids.

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Hydroponic leek from an outdoor #IKEA #Växer (small 3x4 holes) unit.

Kept one unit on the balcony and turned it into #DWS using solar panels and air pump.

Tomatoes and parsley didn't do well out there but leek seems to have gone wild and have thick juicy leaves.

Not at tall as those I planted in soil and the white part is not as long as those but overall it is a great vegetable that is going to be my #leek and #garlic #omelette today.

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I wasn't planning to start any seeds this summer, but the sale of our apartment is delayed to post summer so I'm going to set up a system outside to water the plants while I travel finding a new house.

Used cocopeat, vermiculite and compost to use as seed starter. Some chilli peppers, some cucumbers, some beef steak tomatoes and some mystery seeds.

Going to prepare another one for hydroponics with dill, fizzy parsley, Moroccan mint, Persian Basil and spinach.

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