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17 Nov 20092010 San Francisco Flower & Garden ShowI just read that the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show was purchased by a local group of Bay Area investors (from Salmon Bay Events of Seattle) thus saving it from closure. I thought this years show was the last one forever and I’m glad that it’ll be returning. 2010 San Francisco...Overcast 14°C / 57°F
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05 Nov 2009Pineapple Seeds 3 2 Pineapple Purchased and Indoor Propagation garden
This evening, I found seeds in a Pineapple that we had for dessert. I’m totally saving these and will try to grow them :)
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23 Oct 2009Mangosteen 2 5 Mangosteen Purchased
This evening, me and some friends bought a bag of fresh Mangosteen at an Asian market at the Ranch 99 Shopping Center in El Cerrito. (I forgot the name of the shop). I don’t recall ever having Mangosteen, so I was really curious to see what it taste like… plus, I wanted to get seeds t...
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17 Oct 2009Shallot Bulbs Purchased 1 Shallots Purchased and Square Foot garden
I found these big Shallots at a local Filipino grocery store (Seafood City) and bought nine of them to grow in a square in my Square Foot Garden.
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19 Jun 2009Harvested Elephant Garlic 4 Garlic: Elephant Garlic (G2 Mature Cloves) HarvestingCloudy 29°C / 84°F
Wow! The Elephant Garlic are a good size… plus we have about 32 baby Elephant Garlic bulblets for future planting. I’m going to let the big bulbs cure a bit by air drying them and bury the baby bulblets in some potting soil, so they don’t dry out.
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19 Jun 2009Fading Elephant Garlic Garlic: Elephant Garlic (G2 Mature Cloves) Dying DownCloudy 29°C / 84°F
The leaves of my Elephant Garlic are all brown now, so I’m going to go ahead and harvest them.
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16 Jun 2009Compost Bin #2 Getting Full 4
Our second compost bin is getting full, so I took one of the tiers from the first bin and placed it on the second… making this one 4 tiers high.
We have stopped placing compost in the first bin, so it will finish the final step of composting before we empty it out.
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21 May 2009Spring/Summer 2009 Garden Plan (v01) 4 3 Square Foot gardenSunny 11°C / 51°F
I really need to start planting my Summer veggies, so I drew up a preliminary plan. I will think this over and probably move things around, but I think I have most of my veggies accounted for. I will probably either buy more plants or sow more seeds to plant in the blank spaces.
Veggie Bed #1 (le...
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17 May 2009Kohlrabi Seedlings 1 Kohlrabi 'Early White Vienna'
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17 May 2009Kohlrabi SeedlingsSunny 15°C / 59°F
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