puu's Journal
Overview
Journal
Plantings
Swap List
Wish ListShow All | Journal Entries | Questions
Loading journals...-
22 May 2009high speed vegetable 4 5 crosnea customer asked my boss, Debbie, to grow crosne (Stachys affinis), but she was having a hard time finding any to start with. I just got my order from Surrey so I told Debbie I would bring her a tuber. my sister had potted them all up in four inch pots, so I took one of those with me on the bus...Sunny 10°C / 50°F
-
18 May 2009up living room floor gardenfour sown, four up.9°C / 48°F
-
18 May 2009playground for grapes 1 grapes gardenthe grape arbor is coming together nicely. at the moment, I’m taking a break to avoid additional sunburn. nine vertical timbers are up, and three horizontal timbers. only 27 timbers left… no pictures yet, but my sister has been taking some so I’ll get them up here eventually.Overcast 12°C / 53°F
-
14 May 2009taking their time Morgan strawberries Sprouting and stumble gardenthese have been, um, leisurely germinaters. I probably planted twelve or so and three are up. there’s really only room for one or two plants in the pot, so there will be some thinning or transplanting before long.Cloudy 12°C / 53°F
-
10 May 2009expansion 3 stumble gardenlast week when the next door neighbors saw me watering plants, they both commented that I was running out of space and should grow some plants in front of their apartment as well. nice. so I did. it’s especially nice because they get sun over an hour earlier than we do. first plants at ...19°C / 67°F
-
10 May 2009first harvest 1 New Zealand spinach Harvestingjust steamed a couple handfuls of New Zealand spinach. I hadn’t eaten it before, but I certainly will again. it’s pretty spinach-y, but I think I like it a little tastier than other spinach I’ve had. even after steaming for ninety seconds it was still a little bit crisp. I r...19°C / 67°F
-
09 May 2009four up red malabar spinach Sprouting and living room floor gardentook longer than I expected. it’s getting hot on the roof lately, perfect for these to thrive.Sunny 6°C / 43°F
-
08 May 2009one of four 1 henna Sprouting and living room floor gardenafter five and a half months, one seed sprouted. nice.Sunny 9°C / 49°F
-
07 May 2009dirty magazines 3 2just got a couple of catalogs in the mail. haven’t had a chance to look through J.L. Hudson’s yet, but there are several things in the OIKOS catalog that I’m very excited about. air potatoes and groundnuts are at the top of that list. they’ve also bred an opuntia hardy ...Overcast 11°C / 52°F
-
06 May 2009done 1 aquadulce favas Dying and stumble gardencame home to find the fava bean plant on the ground, broken off at dirt level. it was absolutely covered in aphids and some other crawlies that I couldn’t identify. it also had quite a few immature beans on it, but it’s really no big loss.8°C / 47°F
Buzz buzz buzz!
Listen in on the Grapevine