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The story of how it all began
This is the first post in my Web Log charting my attempts to grow coffee beans.My coffee plant was bought for £4.99 from the Eden Project in Cornwall www.edenproject.com whilst there on a day...
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Coffee
A beverage as black as ink, useful against numerous illnesses, particularly those of the stomach. Its consumers take it in the morning, quite frankly, in a porcelain cup that is passed around and from...
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Re-Potting
One of the first things I was very keen to do was to re-pot my plant.I had some valuable help in trying to understand how I should do this. My gardening background can be assumed to be non-existent. I...
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Bonsai
I had some leftover compost from my compost mix so I decided to try and get a Bonsai tree going in one of my Dad's little pots.I have therefore planted a cutting and we will see how it does. Based on...
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Son of Colin
Colin had a son.I was looking at my plant and have a sneaking suspicion that there are actually a number of plants in the pot. If so, this is potentially good news as it means I may be able to re-pot a...
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Care Routine
Here are my plans for the day-to-day care of Colin and Son of Colin.Watering. Twice weekly. Both a good drenching. The second of these will be with some plant feed. I am going to maintain this over the...
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?A death in the family??
Son of Colin is not doing well. Not well at all.I had concerns yesterday when I got home from work. He had drooped over and was looking forlorn. His leaves were flaccid and had lost their youthful...
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Coffee and my prostate
Some readers of this blog may also have been made aware of some news earlier this year that habitual coffee drinking may be beneficial in terms of decrease in the rates of prostate...
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It's official
Son of Colin has been declared dead.My experiment into coffee cultivation has taken a backwards step. A sad day on many levels I think that all readers will agree.Colin is thriving though.
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Chilli
Having proved how successful I was in transplanted part of Colin into a new pot and growing a new plant, I have decided that the time has come to try again.I have therefore recycled Son of Colin's...
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Colin updated
Colin is thriving.I have voiced my concerns that Son of Colin may actually have been the black sheep of the family and that, given freedom from his repressive negativity, Colin goes from strength to...
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