SEED Sizes Don't Let them Fool You

 Don't let seeds fool you.  Some seeds may be tiny,

Other seeds small but not as small as others,

Pine Cones with a pine cone seed from Pine Tree
pictured below.

that still does not mean that the plant will be small...

A big tall Pine Tree

Subhanallah!  Allah creates what He wills.

Seeds come in different sizes.

Cabbage Plant Before and After the Shade

The cabbage, a basil plant and a bean plant were

shaded on some days that the temperatures were over 100 degrees f.

How did they do? I noticed that the cabbage had not withered as much as it did previous to the burlap shade on hot days this summer.

Pictures below show a few days later:

Cabbage, Basil and Bean plants

I had planted several cabbage seeds this year.  

This is the only one that continued to grow.

Cabbage Plant

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Cucumber, Okra and Corn Sprouts

 Not only egg shells can be used for planting seeds...

plastic water bottles can be reused planting 

a variety of sizes of seeds in them.

The plastic water bottles, shown in picture above, 

were cut at the top of the bottle then seed 

starting soil, a bit of water was added,

 then a seed was planted in each bottle.  

waited a few days....

4 Corn sprouts and Okra sprouts

Corn 🌽 and Okra sprouted

Okra sprouts

Cucumber 🥒 seed sprouted

As well a cucumber 🥒 seed has sprouted

Cucumber sprout

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Basil Sprouted in Egg Shells

Basil seeds sprouted in eggshell

Basil seeds sprouted in eggshell

Basil seeds sprouted in eggshell

Basil seeds sprouted in eggshell

Basil seeds sprouted in eggshell

Basil seeds sprouted in eggshell

Basil seeds sprouted in eggshell

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Empty egg shells and carton

REUSING EGG CARTON AN EGG SHELLS FOR PLANTING SEEDS: Save an empty egg 🥚 carton.  As many as you think you might need to use.  Be mindful when cracking open each egg 🥚 that you plan to use for planting seeds.  Crack carefully near top portion of the egg 🥚 shell, enough opening to release the egg 🥚 from its shell.

Carefully rinse any left over egg 🥚 white from the shell so not to crack it any more.  Then place the egg 🥚 in the egg 🥚 carton until ready to plant. Some people do not like 👎 using egg shells for planting for various reasons.  The egg 🥚 shell does not decompose fast and before you know it, its time to transplant the young sprout into a bigger then the eggshell container.  That is why it is suggested when cracking the egg open allow enough opening for the egg to exit the egg shell.

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Cauliflower Plants this Summer

Cauliflower plants one withered a bit

Some little "garden guest" has been eating

some of the cauliflower leaves. 

Bean plants not taking the heat this summer
leaves scorched.

One of the Cauliflower plants this summer

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Seeding Carrot 🥕 Plant

Carrot 🥕 plant forming seeds this summer

Carrot 🥕 plant forming seeds

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More Zucchini Sprouted

Zucchini sprouts

 More zucchini seeds sprouted 

in this area of the garden this summer.

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A Floral Moment

 Wouldn't this picture make a cute

"Thinking of You" card

"Missing you" card ?

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Sunflowers this Summer

Sunflowers 

withered, bloomed, waiting to bloom.

Pollen on sunflower

Pretty sunflower this summer

Pollen on sunflower

Side view a tall sunflower plant.

Withstanding the heat this summer.

Sunflower 🌻 plant over 6ft tall.
Baby birds sit on its leaf branches.

Hoping for sunflower 🌻 seeds.

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Basil This Summer

Basil (Herb)

Basil is a herb.  

These Basil plants took

the heat after several days of temperatures 

higher than 100 degrees f.

Basils

Several Herb "Basil" growing in container.

Group picture of some of the Basil growing

Some basil seeds were planted

in egg shells.  Some sprouted.
how long can they grow in the eggshell

before being transplanted? 

I am going to find out.  If Allah wills.

Basil sprouts

Pictured below this basil plant 

has been growing this spring/summer

and has been developing seeds.  

Basil leaves lower part of plant and its seed clusters
on top of plant.

Basil Seeds are usually black

Basil seeds are in pretty little clusters.

You can end up collecting over

 a thousand seeds with one plant.

Black Basil Seeds and Basil Seed Clusters

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Sprouts this Morning

MELON 🍈 SPROUTS

MELON 🍈 SPROUTS

ZUCCHINI SPROUT

That's right.  

I had watched a few gardening videos 

and they were saying

"Plant Zucchini in July"

.....So I did.

ZUCCHINI Sprout

Others suggested clearing some of the grass growth from the area 

around the Zucchini Plants and cutting

 some of the stem/leaves of the Zucchini plants that had died.

...So I did, spending a part of the morning clearing the

area around the corn 🌽 and zucchini plants.

I did not take all of the grass out just trimmed using my sissors. 

Below is a before trim picture of part of the area.

Corn 🌽 and Zucchini

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A Small Summer Harvest

Small vegetable harvest this morning consisting of 
a few beets, an onion, some basil, and carrots.
Praise be to the Creator of the heavens and the earth,
who provides us our food and drinks.

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Burlap Shade Cloth

Burlap shading area on hot summer days

Burlap and palm 🌴 tree stems 

put to use as shade cloth.

Burlap shading area on hot summer days

Ties could be put on both middle sides of the burlap along with the four ties that were sewn on each corners of the burlap.

Rocks are under the burlap providing additional support to uphold the palm 🌴 tree stems that are partially inground and the stones also lift the burlap a little more from its sagging.  

Corn 🌽 area is exposed.  Zucchini waiting to sprout is covered on the hot summer days that are supposed to be over 100 degrees f. 

I am not sure how the shade burlap will do if its windy.

Burlap shading area on hot summer days

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