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28 Jul 2009Crisis Averted Specialty Basils gardenI’ve been hardening off my basil seedlings but yesterday I forgot to water them and they were seriously wilted. Oops. Luckily it seems that most of them have recovered. Pretty soon I’m going to pinch them back to encourage bushiness.Sunny 24°C / 75°F
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16 Jul 2009True Leaves Cilantro 'Santo' Showing True Leaves, Cilantro 'Delfino' Showing True Leaves, Basil 'Napoletano' Showing Tr...Sunny 24°C / 75°F
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08 Jul 2009Sprouting! Cilantro 'Santo' Sprouting and Cilantro 'Delfino' SproutingSunny 19°C / 66°F
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07 Jul 2009Sprouting Basil 'Sweet Dani' Sprouting, Basil 'Lime' Sprouting, and Basil 'Pistou' SproutingAll my basils have sprouted now.Sunny 22°C / 72°F
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05 Jul 2009Sprouting Basil 'Cinnamon' SproutingSunny 24°C / 76°F
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01 Jul 2009Leaves! Basil 'Purple Petra' Sprouting, Basil 'Greek Yevani' Sprouting, Basil 'Napoletano' Sprouting, and Lemon Ba...Sunny 19°C / 66°F
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01 Mar 2009Sown 'Alaska' Nasturtiums Sown and Fern's Long Beach Patio gardenThree pots started indoors.
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04 Nov 2008Cream Petals Revealed Persian Carpet Zinnia Flowering and Fern's Long Beach Patio garden70 days from sowing to flowering. Although this is the first bloom, and the other zinnia plant that made it this far (I had a third that was devoured by aphids) has yet to have any of its buds open.Overcast 17°C / 62°F
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31 Oct 2008Any Day Now... Plains Coreopsis Budding and Fern's Long Beach Patio gardenOvercast 19°C / 66°F
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30 Oct 2008Time for Salad 1 Salad Bowl Lettuce Harvesting and Fern's Long Beach Patio gardenOvercast 19°C / 66°F
The wind was really whipping these lettuces around, not to mention a caterpillar or two was having a field day with my greens, so I harvested them for a salad tomorrow night.

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