My First Kangkong Harvest

My Kangkong has been growing and crawling into my other vegetable plants that I decided to cut some of its stems and leaves so it doesn't get too crowded. 

Repotting Tomato Plants for the Third Time

I spent my first hour this morning repotting my tomato plants for the third time. This is how they look like now:

The second time I repotted my tomato plants was when I transferred them from those recycled ice cream bins I used before, to green pails I bought one time at Festival Mall (coz at that time, I had no idea that plastic pots are sold in Ace Hardware and I was too busy to go to a gardening shop... LOL!).

Making Jelly Soaps Once Again

Yep, I'm back in my workshop making jelly soaps once again! Yay!

I've just been beset by a lot of  "distractions" I call work but right now, after all the confusion, meditation, and consultation, I think I'm really going forward with this.

This week, I've made ten kinds of soaps and I hope to make more in the coming weeks. I don't have any help, it's just me and my tiny hands doing all the grunt work so bear with me as I get everything going. I make each batch with love and passion as if they're all that matters in my world. Teehee.

I'm working on other things soap-related at the moment (like the pricing, packaging, website to house my inventories, description, etc.). I'll also be giving away some jelly soaps real soon.

Til then!

How to Grow Kailan and Kangkong Seeds

HOW TO GROW WATER SPINACH (KANGKONG) AND CHINESE KALE (KAILAN) THE EASY WAY

Tomato, Eggplant and Okra Seedlings 2nd Month Update

It's been two months since I ventured into making my own vegetable garden. I've only re-potted my tomato, eggplant and okra seeds once and I've been meaning to transplant them again to much bigger pots where they can permanently grow and bear vegetable fruits. Unfortunately, I can no longer eat tomatoes, eggplant and okra because of my GERD and acid reflux but maybe once I'm healed, I can slowly incorporate them in my diet again.

I'll really find time his weekend to re-pot my growing vegetable seedlings. Must jot this down on my short-term goals book. I need to include this little activity and use the power of goal setting.

Anyway, here are photos I took a few minutes ago to show you how big my okra, tomato and eggplants seedlings are now:

2-month old tomato seedlings

How to Grow Eggplant Seeds - My Mini Vegetable Garden Project

Growing eggplants use pretty much the same procedure as growing tomatoes. I actually planted my eggplant seeds the same time I planted my okra seeds and tomato seeds. As my tomato and okra seeds were starting to grow only after a week, there was still no visible sign of eggplant sprouts so I just let it grow in its own pace. That was Sept. 18, 2011.

HOW TO GROW EGGPLANTS THE EASY WAY

How to Transplant Tomato and Okra Seedlings

Last month (October), the weather has been rainy and stormy that it proved to be bad for my tomato and okra seedlings which needed to be under direct sunlight in order to grow well. They were also crowding in their little recycled pots so I thought of transplanting them. Some survived and some didn't. Here's how it happened.

Transplanting Tomato Seedlings

Tomato seedlings are more resilient than okra. Once their stems grow about 3 inches, and they get to have more than two true leaves, and they seem crowded in their little pots, they can be transplanted to a bigger and deeper individual pots.

The Winners of the Jelly Soap Giveaway!

Here's the video of the manual raffle I did for my Oatmeal Jelly Soap in Lacoste Pink Scent Giveaway. Congratulations to Mitchteryosa and Mommy Jes! Watch out for my email notification. And my sincerest thanks to all who participated. Til my next jelly soap giveaway!

Oatmeal Jelly Soap in Lacoste Pink Scent Giveaway

I've been wanting to share with you my success with my soap making projects for a long while. In fact, it has been almost a year since I last bought a bar of soap in the market. I've been using my own and I've been loving it since. My love for homemade all natural spa products started in 2003.... I was featured in Inquirer and took up almost a whole page of the lifestyle section!

Growing Tomato Seedlings Without Sunlight

How do we grow tomato seedlings without sunlight? Tomato seedlings need a lot of sunlight in order to grow. In fact, even as full grown tomato plants, they won't be able to bear fruits without 12-14 hours of sunlight a day. So I was really worried when the weather started getting gloomy. I didn't know then that typhoon Pedring has already hit the country.

How to Plant Okra Seeds - My Mini Vegetable Garden Project

If you happen to be a lazy indoor vegetable farmer like myself, I'll share with you the most important things you need to learn when planting okra from seeds. No need to a buy book or read a ton of materials from the internet. However, you still have the option to watch videos and articles on the internet if you really want to. But if you only have a little bit of time to squeeze in in your very busy day, well, not to fret coz I've compiled a short list of what you need to do to make sure you can grow okra seeds from scratch.

HOW TO GROW OKRA THE EASY WAY

How to Plant Tomato Seeds - My Mini Vegetable Garden Project

Yesterday, I shared with you how to make an affordable mini vegetable garden. This stemmed from my desire to become more self-sufficient by being able to harvest and eat food that I grew myself. Read a little bit of the background here: How My Mini Vegetable Garden Started

So anyway, on this post, I'll tell you the most important things I learned on how to grow tomato seeds. HOW TO GROW TOMATOES THE EASY WAY