Herbal plant: Oregano

My childhood memories involved drinking the juice of this herbal plant, oregano. My mom said that it is very effective in treating colds. Now that I have my own family, I make it a point to plant oregano. I have been using it to treat my kids for colds and of course I also use it for myself. It’s  a bit hard to harvest this though as the smell of the plant tends to stick on the finger, good thing I have my tailored sportsman gloves with me, I use it to harvest my oregano. I also love to smell the oregano in the morning as the smell is very calming.

Gardening Update: Bigger Pots, Bigger Plants

I mentioned that I will be needing bigger pots for my plants but since I still don’t have the funds, I decided it is best to plow the small land on our front and transfer some of the plants there. It took me almost a day to finish cultivating the land. I had to dig deep in order to give way to better kind of soil. I encountered a few earthworms and some unidentified crawlers.

the okra on our front garden

the eggplants still on pots.. will transfer them to a bigger one soon

I transferred the tomatoes since I know it needs a bigger land to grow. I also transferred the okras because it seems it is not growing bigger on pots. I also transferred the sigarilyas since my mom told me sigarilyas has big roots. I also transferred some of the chili and my mom transferred some of the Chinese Kangkong we had. The small land still has some space so I am planning to buy more kangkong seeds. I also plan to buy more plants and start an herb garden.

Pest Control For Our Garden

I noticed that my tomatoes are growing pests on their leaves as well as my peppers. And though I want them to be organic as much as possible, I will have to look for ways to manage pest. Well I hope I can fnd organic pest control so that I can save my plants.

I am really excited for my plants to grow and for me to harvest it, if it happened, it will be my diet supplements, so I won’t be dealing with appedex side effects or other diet supplements side effects. The veggies will serve as my diet and will help me to lose weight.

Tools For Gardening

When I started gardening, I thought my hands, some soil and pots are the only tools that I will be needing. Now that I am gardening for months, I never thought that I will even blinds on my list.

Now, I have 2 hand trowel, a medium one and a smaller one (for the kids). Hand Trowel I used to transfer soil mixture tot he pots. I also have a digging fork that I use to loosen compact soils. I also have hand cultivator that I haven’t used yet. I am planning to buy a hose so that watering would be easier but I think I can use some exercise.

 

Gardening Momma

I have been very busy the past few weeks gardening. In fact I stay on my garden longer than I stay online. I really enjoy this new hobby. I always thought that I do not have a green thumb, but now I think I have, not as green as my mom though.

Last week, we were able to taste some of our veggies and it feels like eating a birthday cupcakes from berries.com. It’s fun and the taste is really good.

My garden includes Chinese kangkong, okra, sigarilyas, eggpplant at pepper.