other fun easy gardening ideas.

i have had a lot of interest in the yam plant , even my crazy mom started one today. so here is some other fun plants to grow .
Bell Peppers ! you know how when you cut up a bell pepper in the kitchen its full of seeds? well , grow a bell pepper plant . first remove the seeds , this can be easily done with your fingers . place the seeds on a small plate in a warm sunny window , the idea is to let the seeds dry out for a day . you can store the extra seeds in a paper envelope . remember to write what kind of seeds are in there and the date .

so now you have some nice dried bell pepper seeds . the easiest way to sprout them is getting a small container , put some soil in it , and drop a few seeds on the top of the soil . cover them with about 1/2 an inch of more soil . water them . put it in a sunny window . keep the soil moist , but not soggy . in about 11 days the cute little sprouts will be growing threw the dirt .
 if your house is very cold you could place an empty glass jar over the container . like a mini green house . bell peppers take a while to get big . i would only recommend putting 2 or 3 seeds per container . i started some peppers in September and now its January and i am seeing the first flowers . if you are growing the bell peppers indoors , there might be an issue with pollination . i dont have a lot of bees and butterfly's in my bedroom , i use a small fluffy paintbrush to gently pollinate the flowers . it works like a charm !

      another fun gardening project is growing a avocado plant (tree?) from the pit of an avocado . just like the yam , you place toothpicks around the middle and suspend the pit half way in the water . change the water regularly . the pit will began to crack down the middle   , after a few months . i waited for my pit to start doing things for almost 3 months . when i eventually saw a big root growing out the bottom , i rejoiced ! and planted the avocado pit into some soil , with a nice layer of moss on top . its been less then 3 weeks since the pit started growing a root , and the sprout is growing very well , it has leaves , and is almost 7 inches tall . i have been told to cut the plant back when it gets this tall , but , that sucks . i waited a long time for this guy to grow . i have also been told that it wont ever grow fruit because the area i live is cold and dry . but thats ok , its a cute plant .  i am glad i didnt give up on it .

another fun plant to grow is tomatoes . i had a organic roma tomato in the back of my fridge for way too long , it was gooey . but luckily , tomato seeds will only grow if they ferment first . so i cut the gross tomato open and squeezed the guts into a glass of warm water , and set it in the window to ferment some more , it smelled weird . after 2 days i poured the gut water threw a metal screen and got the gooey pieces off the seeds the best i could . some of the seeds i set on a plate in the sun to dry out and store for later . the other , non dried seeds , i planted in some containers of soil . again , only put 2 or 3 seeds in a container . its always surprising how many seeds sprout . with the tomatoes and bell peppers i didnt have a single dud . water , and in 2 weeks or so they will start popping out the dirt . i started the tomatoes in the 1 week of October , now its Jan and they are huge ! the one in the bedroom is almost 3 feet tall , and all the tomato plants are starting to get flowers . tomatoes are pollinated by "buzz pollination " thats when a bee lands on the plant and the small fast vibrations from the bees shake the flowers and pollinate them . i have found that when growing tomatoes indoors the best way to mimic Buzz Pollination is with my vibrator . it works great . and for my friends who love taking home veggies i grow , i thought i should let you know , i wash my sex toys before And after i use them on myself    , and in the garden .

and sorry that the pic is sideways . either way , i hope you enjoy .