Category Archives for "Green Home"
July 18, 2013
- in Gardening , Green Home by Alexis Rodrigo
Trouble In (My Organic Garden) Paradise
It’s been enjoyable and fulfilling to visit my garden every morning, picking peas, and watching LIFE happening all around me. But lately I’ve noticed that one of my rose bushes seems to be sick. It’s leaves are turning yellow and brown, and it has stopped blooming. Finally, today, I Googled these symptoms and identified the […]
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July 11, 2013
- in Gardening , Green Home by Alexis Rodrigo
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We’ve Got Peas!
In an earlier post, I mentioned that I was starting to grow food following the Food4Wealth method. You may have noticed I haven’t posted pictures of my veggie garden yet. To tell the truth, it’s because I was afraid I would fail and embarrass myself. Well when I visited my tiny vegetable garden this morning, […]
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June 27, 2013
- in Gardening , Green Home by Alexis Rodrigo
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Proof: Bokashi Compost Grows Better Plants
I never intended to do a Bokashi composting experiment, but that’s just what happened. When I planted three cherry tomato seedlings, somehow they each ended up with different amounts of Bokashi compost. Plant #1 was planted along the fence, facing South. It had no Bokashi compost whatsoever. I back-filled the hole with the garden soil […]
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June 21, 2013
- in Green Home by Alexis Rodrigo
Bokashi Composting: How to Make Your Own Composting Buckets
One of the things that discouraged me about Bokashi composting initially was having to buy a “complete system” made up of at least one indoor composting bucket (but ideally two, really) and the Bokashi bran. I couldn’t bring myself to spend over a hundred dollars just so I could make compost. I found inexpensive Bokashi […]
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June 14, 2013
- in Gardening by Alexis Rodrigo
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Growing Watercress at Home
This year, I challenged myself to learn how to grow food. Yes, me, the lady whose house is “where plants come to die.” That is me no more. Here’s one of my educational experiments, where I’m growing watercress at home, in a container: I bought watercress from the Oriental store, and then followed the simple […]
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