Plastic pollution involves the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat, or humans. Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized into micro-, meso-, or macrodebris, based on size. In America alone, Americans used about 50 billion plastic water bottles last year. However, the U.S.'s recycling rate for plastic is only 23 … Continue reading Jamaican Urban Organic Farming #22: Using Ting Bottle In My Container Garden

Separating The Plants From The Lawn Remember, I mentioned in an earlier article, that I had to remove the grass from where the plants were? To the corner, the grass was tall and lush, with little worms roaming about; meanwhile my flowers were looking droopy and dry. Well, today I took it a bit further, … Continue reading Jamaican Urban Organic Farming #21: Separating The Plants From The Lawn

The Sawdust Path Nobody likes trekking mud into the house, especially if you have to go in and out ever so often to tend to your garden and water your plants. So, it occurred to me to make a sawdust path.   Seeing that I had two and a half bags left over from my procurement … Continue reading Jamaican Urban Organic Farming #20: Sawdust Path

Pruning, A Necessary Evil Do you remember my coleus plant how it was tall and top heavy? It was leaning over, not able to support itself. I pruned it and notice now all the shoots growing closer to the base. Sometimes pruning is a necessary evil. Above, in the picture to the left, that was the … Continue reading Jamaican Urban Organic Farming #19: Pruning, A Necessary Evil

Never give up on your plants until they are bone dry...and even then wait a little more. You see that little stick, now examine at his sides closely. What do you see? It's Alive! These are the containers that I put aside..hoping…that life would #spring. Below you can see my thyme, cherry and pepper plants … Continue reading Jamaican Urban Organic Farming #18: It’s Alive

I so love waking up to catch the sunrise in the morning. Sometimes, I am able to catch a photo or two, like the one below, of the sun ray piercing through unto my plants. The sharp ray of the sun cannot be stopped. Good morning from my likkle Jamaican urban garden. ***** About the … Continue reading Jamaican Urban Organic Farming #17: Sun Rays and Sunrises

Finally an update from the urban farming side of things. My garlics seems to be doing well, but I had to rescue my scallions from a worm yesterday morning. Little dude ate off a whole shoot 😦   I really don’t like dis waiting part doh! On the other hand, you can see that I … Continue reading Jamaican Urban Organic Farming #16: My Garlics and Scallions Update

No Instant Perfection Its morning muster and one don’t pass inspection at all but he will soon come up to scratch. I have come to accept that the prevailing lesson for serious gardeners, is patience. All plants are not created equal and they each sometimes require different handling. Right now, I simply have to wait for some … Continue reading Jamaican Urban Organic Farming #15: No Instant Perfection

While I am on a writers vacation. I am starting my bottle garden project. I use many different plastic bottles, whatever is lying around. Or rather than throw away, my drink bottles I recycle them. These are small Jamaican iCool bottles and I am waiting for my flower seeds to #germinate. You can see that … Continue reading Jamaican Urban Organic Farming #14: Plastic ICool Bottles for Container Gardening

Germination is the process by which a plant grows from a seed. The most common example of germination is the sprouting of a seedling from a seed of an angiosperm or gymnosperm. In addition, the growth of a sporeling from a spore, such as the spores of hyphae from fungal spores, is also germination (Wikipedia). On your … Continue reading Jamaican Urban Organic Farming #13: The Germination Process