Ladybugs and whiteflies

I added three ladybugs (from the garden) to the basil and mint plants, since these are full of whiteflies. We'll see how it works.

More info about whiteflies (and their management) on whiteflies on this link (from the website of University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (IPM).

Bottle #2

Pepper seeds from the kitchen

Around 40 seeds taken from a pepper before cooking. As far as I know, it should be a "sweet pepper" (Capsicum). The seeds were dried for almost a week in some paper and now are germinating in a small container in humid paper.

Strawberry and Cherry tomato

Bought in Aktion some Cherry Tomato and Strawberry seeds.
Around 20 seeds of each, 0.99 € in total (with also two small pots and some "compressed soil").
For the record, the packages say:

Strawberry 35659-01
Rugen N5 (R)
J1228-1 L10447 2046

and

Tomato 30016-01
Gardeners Delight K1
J1190 L/10388 2038

Now they're all together in an ice-cream container (see the very nice picture below) with some ground from the garden and some of the compressed soil. After germination then they'll be moved.

Chili pepper database

I was wandering on the web to check which species our AlbertHeijn pepper is and I found the ultimate chili pepper resource: the chileman chilli pepper database!

Can on a stick

Lemon Balm plant in an Euroshopper Diced Tomatoes can:

 

Parsley - Oregano - Lemon Balm #2

Peppers with Oregano

Bottle #1

Another way of using a plastic bottle to grow stuff, see here (english) or here (italian).

Vertical garden #1

A nice option for a vertical garden with small plants.

All the info here (english, more about design than about gardening) or here (portuguese, still just a quick tutorial).

Pros: it's easy to collect bottles, it can be moved
Cons: it needs to be suspended