2019/2020 Garden update #6 ~ First lettuce harvest!

 The "Farm" and transplants, as of today, January 15th. 

 

Here is the lettuce and herb side on the 13th.

And the tomatoes on the 13th. Looking lively.

 

I decided to try light reflectors to get light to the lower leaves of the transplants. We'll see how that goes.

You can just barely see the little sprouts peeking out on the lavender, sage, and cilantro.

Lavender - 2020.01.13

Sage - 2020.01.13

Cilantro - 2020.01.13

 
And the PGSC is ALREADY sprouting on day 2!

Platinum Girl Scout Cookies - 2020.01.13

 
 The rosemary sprout is a little taller.


 And the tarragon and oregano are going to town. :D

Tarragon - 2020.01.13

Oregano - 2020.01.13

Still nothing on the new Thai basil. Hope springs eternal.

New Thai Basil (started 2020.01.07) - 2020.01.13

 
Here's my tower o' sprouts. The lowest tier is actually ready to harvest at the next watering in this pic.

The microgreens are more than ready for another "haircut" too.

SO excited about my first lettuce harvest!! 
Here, you can see the harvested lettuce, a little bit of basil, thyme, and dill, and some microgreens, all ready to go into a salad. 

Here's a closer look at the microgreens.

 
And the lettuce. It's not a lot, but enough for a decent sized salad, once I put other fixin's in it.

 
And my beautiful dill, basil, and thyme. They are SOOO aromatic! Even just those tiny bits.

And here's the salad, with leeks, lettuce, sprouts, herbs, and microgreens. The leeks in there are the ones that were originally the ones I'm currently regrowing. Everything else in the bowl, I grew myself.

I didn't grow the tomatoes or avocado that are also going in. Those are from Imperfect Foods, which is an AWESOME place to get massively discounted, fresh farmed produce, as well as other foods now. They buy up the stuff direct from farms and other places that is not pretty enough to grace the displays in the supermarkets and groceries, and then give a crap-ton away to food banks and meal programs and whatnot, and sell the rest for really cheap. 

If you click my link and sign up, we'll both get $10 credit there, which buys a LOT of produce.

 
Here's the lettuce after the harvesting.

Gardens update #5

Above, my "Farm" garden, transplants, and one container of microgreens, as of today, January 11th. 

Here are the lettuces yesterday, along with the thyme, dill, and one of the basils that I moved from the smaller garden, cause they got too tall for the lights at the level they need to be for the tinier plants.

And tomatoes yesterday. All but one have sprouted now, and most are growing nicely. 

Only one day later,  the lettuce is almost doubled in size!

The tomatoes are taller too, but not nearly as dramatic as the lettuce.

 Here is one of my containers of microgreens. Crazy growth! And that is after a couple times harvesting.

Microgreens, 2020.01.10 before harvest

Here it is after the 10th's harvest.

Microgreens, 2020.01.10 after harvest

 And the other container on the 10th, before and after harvesting, respectively.

Microgreens, 2020.01.10 before harvest

Microgreens, 2020.01.10 after harvest

The basil cuttings are coming along nicely. they are much healthier than the original plant, actually.

Cuttings from Winco "living basil. 2020.01.10

 Here are the small gardens, regrowing scraps, and cuttings. 
The leeks and green onions are really taking off, and the original, remaining Winco basil stem is already looking healthier from being just in the water with a small amount of nutrients.

The first garden is doing well. It's already about time to prune the basils again, have the first mint cuttings in water, the chives are starting to look like chives, and the parsley is getting there.  Plus the second dill is peeking up above the label there. We're just not going to discuss the Thai basil.

 Here's a closer look at that little dill sprout.

  
Meanwhile, the new, DIY oregano and tarragon seed pods are sprouting now.

The oregano just barely, but it's VERY green and lush looking, so I think it will do well.

The other thing I did today is use one of the grow anything pods to plant Sammy's Platinum Girl Scout Cookies seed. So there wil be regular updates forthcoming on that as well.

Platinum Girl Scout Cookies - Started 2020.01.11

That's all for today! Stay tuned for the next instalment.

Aerogarden & kitchen scrap regrowing update #4

The new to me, "used" Aerogarden arrived, and I planted oregano, tarragon, cilantro, and rosemary right away.

Also, as you can see, the scrap regrows are doing quite nicely as well!

 And here are some close ups of the freshly "planted" pods.
The rosemary is an AG pod. The others are DIY with separately bought seeds.

2020.01.06 Classic 6

I had to wait an extra day for the lavender and sage seeds to get delivered, but they are now started as well. 
Can;t wait ti see if they take off!

2020.01.08 Classic 6

Here's a good shot of the Harvest.

The new Thai basil  doesn't seem to be doing anything. We'll see.

I also cut down the stem and put the Winco basil directly into water, to see if it would root better.

And, speaking of roots, this basil cutting is going to be ready to transplant soon.

These little basil cuttings are starting to root.

And, last, but not least, we have things happening in the tomato garden!

Aerogarden and kitchen scrap regrowing update #3 ~ Plus MICROGREENS!

Holy crap! 
I planted the microgreen seeds on the 31st. When I  left for a 2 night, 3 day staycation on the 2nd, some of them were barely sprouting. 
This is what I came home to last night!

 This is four days' growth, folks!! I harvested a decent amount for my salad that I had for supper.

And speaking of four days' growth...

 Everything is growing like a champ. Except the Thai basil. It is officially a dud. Gotta contact Aerogarden in the morning to get it replaced. 

 Yeah, that basil is that size AFTER I pruned off what I'm holding in my hand in that pic. Basil in my salad tonight. Ommnomnom. 

I had to prune the thyme a bit too, cause it was getting a little leggy. It does tend to do that, but I'm gonna do my best to get it as dense and compact as I can. Guess what else is going in my salad.  And the dill is really taking off! Not enough to harvest any just yet, but I think by next week, if not sooner, I may be able to have a bit of fresh dill to use in stuff too. 

Just look at how much the leeks and green onions have grown. And there is a great root system on one of my basil cuttings, good ones on another, and finally some roots forming on the one I wasn't sure about and the one I cut on the 31st.

 And now that they aren't fighting with the big leaves WAY up top, there are several new leaf sets on the original. 

Did I mention yummy salad? I think I did. It was SOOOOO good!

I'll probably be harvesting some of the sprouts and more of the microgreens tomorrow for another tasty salad. 

In other news, I ordered a "used" Aerogarden Classic Six last week, and it is scheduled to arrive tomorrow. In this case, "used" simply means that it was returned, is brand new, but the packaging is damaged. Boo hoo! Damaged cardboard means I got it for half price. Yay me and yay Amazon!
Also arriving tomorrow: An Aerogarden grow anything pod kit and some more seeds, with still more seeds arriving Tuesday. 

The new garden is going to have rosemary, lavender, oregano, tarragon, marjoram, and sage.  At least, that is the plan for the moment. There is always the possibility I'll change that around a bit. I'm also keeping my eyes peeled for additional "used" Aerogardens for super cheap. Or maybe even actually used ones. 
I'm sure there are plenty of folks who started the gardens and failed or lost interest.