Apple tree update

So I am sure you remember the little apple tree my son started from a seed back in 2012 right?  Well 3 years later it's still growing. 

A small picture I know but here he is 3 years after starting from seed. Branching out and looking good. He is still in NY but thanks to Mom and a bit of luck will be cared for by Mom at her place till we have a place in PA to plant him for good. Then again he may just stay at my Moms. 

Spider plants

Did you know that spider plant babies root in water?

They do. This is a picture of a baby spider plant that is rooting in water that is also creating babies. This is their flower. 

How do you root them?  Well let me show you. 

Here is the mom. Simply pluck a hanging baby off the yellowish stems that grow. If you can find one with these

Greenish brown nubs it's best. Those dark nubs are air roots. This baby has begun to grow its white water roots. Which is the next step. Put the air roots in water for a few weeks (sometimes even days) and watch the magic happen. 

One the water or white roots form and there are at least 6 of them each 1-2 inches long it's safe to any into a pot. 

Use fresh soil and a pot that is at LEAST twice the size of the baby. (They grow lots of roots and fast) keep the soil moist till the new roots take hold then water weekly. 

They love the out doors but hate winter so bring them in long before the first frost. 

I have lots of babies if you want to try to grow one your self or go to your local nursery and start your own collection. 

Earth Day 2015

On this earth day I celebrated by opening a package that arrived with seeds...

Lots of seeds.  Now that we are in PA Irish Gardens has to start fresh with everything.  I currently have no greenhouse or even a yard to call my own.  Does that mean I am not going to have a garden?  Goodness no...I asked the Land lady if I could have one.  So a few days ago with the approval from both the land lady and my hubby I went online to my favorite stores and went gardening shopping.  The first to arrive was these beauties from Dollar Seed.  I love those guys. 

I mean check this out. 

Thats $1.00 worth of Dill weed or seed.  Got to love it.  Next that is scheduled to arrive are more seeds but from Burpee Granted it is just more lettuce seed but it's the seed tape......I love that stuff. 

Did I order plants?  Well of course I did and they will come when it's time.  But this Earth Day I sat and thought about what I want to truly plant and where.  See I have a Greenhouse coming....I can't wait....so what do I want to plant in there and what is going to go outside?  I have learned from past experience that peppers and tomatoes while they grow tall in a green house don't produce a whole lot of peppers and tomatoes so they have to go outside somewhere.  But those dill seeds pictured above?  Yea they will go in side there.....I just have to get the pots and soil now. 

So what did you do this Earth Day?