A sad moment

After few days of heavy raining many of my gladiolus flowers have been broken and i wondered if i leave them die outside or cut them and bring them in my home. It was really sad for me to cut them because i believe they have feelings too and that way I'm surely killing them slowly and they are away from their family. I really hope they forgive me.

Garden update again

Some time has passed since my last update on the garden. A neighbor of mine said a gardener advice for me ( the beginner ) to remove all my calendula flowers because the gladiolus flowers wont bloom. Does this seem to you like "not blooming" ?

P.S- the one I'm holding with my hand is the first to bloom and it is dedicated to my beloved one! Thank you for everything!

Small update on the garden.

The first ray of light

Well yesterday with the first rays of light i saw the first blooming flower in my " Bee garden ". I choose to call it that way because the whole idea of the garden was to feed the extincting bees. It will be very sad if we are left with no bees so this is my way to help.

The morning

This morning started great with a walk at 5 in the morning, but it was a bit foggy so the sunrise wasn't as pleasant as it is most of the times. Lots of birds singed their songs in the sea garden and i got inspired to clean the grass of my garden :D So here are the pictures .

P. S- sorry but i don't have time to write much or arrange the pictures so excuse me for that :)

Small progress in the garden

I wanted to share with you that the caledullas and tagetes flowers I planted few weeks ago didnt go well so I decided to plant gladiollus flowers. I think 2 weeks have passed now and this is the progress... And i got very happy when i saw few small caledulla leafs staring at me from the ground. Hopefully the garden will have beautifull colours after 2 months. 

Fresh onion leafs

There are few plants that can be growed and regrowed all the year in you home so you can always have fresh vegetables in your kitchen. Today i choose to share with you my experience with onions :-D I decided that eathing healthy is a priority so the idea of growing onions in pots came right on time. Ofcourse this is not something new but it is very easy. You just need to get a pot filled with ANY kind of soil and you just press the onions with the bottom down in the soil, about 1-2 centimeters deep. Water them every 4-5 days but not too much. The soil shouldn't be too dry or too moist. Every 2 weeks you can harvest the leafs (preferably with scissors) and each onion can give you fresh leafs for about 6-8 weeks. Once you see the onion rots just take it out and a new one in the hole. You can use the same soil for almost a year if you wish to.Same can be done with garlic. Other easy way to do the same thing is to press 3 toothpicks in the onion / garlic so it can stay on the top of a glass, fill up the glass with water and wait... In few days very clean white roots will start to fill the water and new fresh green leafs will start to grow. I don't have photos of the second process so I'm gonna share only of the first one with the pots. Have fun! :)
P. S- they grow much bigger and if you use normal sized onions you will  get 40-50 centimeter leafs

Carrots in pots

So last September if I remember well, decided to plant some carrots in a pot. For almost 2 months nothing growed there and i decided to put some flowers in it. And then the carrots started growing...The process was not very fast and till Christmas I got those small carrots :) I could leave them grow more but was worried that they will kill my flowers and I wanted to make a surprise for my girlfriend. These are the photos I've gathered from the process. Those carrots were the sweetest ones i ever tasted in my life!

Ressurection

Hi! It has been a long time since I posted anything and now I cannot promise to be constant in sharing pictures and ideas with you but who knows what will happen in the near future :) Well today i started my little flower garden. Cleaned a bit the ground (found an old coin while doing it) and planted some tagetes and caledulla seeds I collected last year, so let's see what will happen. I had no idea how to plant flowers (still don't) so I pressed some seeds with my finger in the ground but mostly probably because of laziness i threw some in the air and they fell in different spots on ground. If one flower grows I will be happy enough. The reason to plant those flowers are 2-because  they are beautiful and to help save the bees population. Talking of bees this bee came into my balcony before I started my deeds for today. Well, wish you all love and health and God be with you!

 Last but not least I want to thank my girlfriend for motivating me to share this post and return back to my blog!I love you! :)

The figs

So this is how the fig looks after 1 month in a bottle filled with soil. After a month the first leaf started to grow. The fig is still alive now but it has no leafs and I'm going to plant it outside next month. So i guess the best way to plant figs from cuttings is just to put the cuttings in water for 1 month. The best time to put them in water is February-March and April you can plant them in your garden or wherever you want :)

                                                                                             

Miracle

Instead of waiting for a miracle to happen...plant one

How to plant Fig trees

September 2012 lead me to one of the "easiest" methods of planting trees - growing new trees from cuttings. So my love for figs lead me to this,as i will share with you some photos of my cuttings i did back then and hopefully if i have time to show you how they look now.I experimented a bit- put some cuttings in water till they got roots( approximately it took 1 month ) and planted them but i don't think the location was good. Other part of the cuttings were planted on different locations just after the cut was made, and 4-5 others putted in pots but only 3 are alive and i don't know how of them are gonna make it till spring.There are few reasons why the cuttings that are in pots may die- the soil is too moist,too dry, or if you have the biggest problem i find there is... CATS...yes my cats eat a lot of my plantings so it is very hard to get something grow in my home without the cats try to eat it :) So I'm going to share the best way i think is to grow a fig tree from cutting.

How to plant fig trees from cuttings:

Before i start i want to say this is the best way I think you can succeed to get a fig tree grow.

1.You need to find a fig and cut new branches (1-2 year old) at least 40 centimeters. The most important thing in this part is that the branch must have at least one bud.If there are leafs of fruits you must remove them so all energy goes for new roots.

2.Put the cuttings in separate bottles or any other device you want to use. The bottles can be filled with normal water or with willow water( mix of cutted willow leafs with water). The willow water is used to stimulate root growth and to kill some of the fungi that may grow.The fungi that may grow is the main reason to put the cuttings in separate bottles.

3.Once the cuttings get their roots (it takes about 4-6 weeks) you can plant your fig.Be sure to plant it in spring or early autumn.The hole must be not deeper than 40 centimeters if you followed part 1 and it is very important to be dry so the roots don't die.The fig must be at least 2/4 in the ground,some people put it 3/4 but it seems very little(so you wont eat figs that soon :).

4.Once the hole is filled and the fig is planted put dry grass on the top of the hole and near the fig.It will keep it warm for the winter.Fig trees seem to freeze in temperatures of about -20 C.

5.Water the figs depending on the sunlight they get.The love the morning sunlight and prefer sunny places.The hardest thing is watering actually.You must find the balance so the cuttings don't dry or get too moist.

I will try to add photos of the process but this will happen in later post.I hope this topic helped you and you planted your own figs.More about the figs- soon... :)

And this will be the first sign your tree is alive  

Jujube(the beggining)

 
Jujube or also known as Chinese Lance is the first tree i planted. I couldn't find photos from the planting process but i found some from the first and second year after the planting. When spring comes and the tree grows some leafs i will post new photos. The second year i wanted to plant something around the tree and i got around 12 bean seeds i put in the soil and didn't even expect them to grow much. Well i will tell you what happened with the beans in the next posts. Now let me share the first tree i planted                          

The first fruit

The view from my window