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06 Jun 2009

Updates Galore - But No Photos 3 2 Balcony garden , Covert garden , Rudbeckia Potting Up, Shasta Daisy Potting Up, Salmon Yarrow Potting Up, L...

Wow, has it really been two weeks? Last weekend I potted up a bunch of the baby plants in the stage 1 baby plant nursery to the stage 2 juvenile plant nursery (aka a plastic tub that’s not big enough to hold all the pots). Some of the Dixie cup pots the baby plants were in were slimy –...

Sunny 15°C / 59°F

19 May 2009

Sprouts... Balcony garden , Covert garden , Stevia Sprouting, and Perennial Black Eyed-Susan Sprouting

…are sprouting.

Sunny 12°C / 54°F

12 May 2009

Try, Try Again 1 2 Balcony garden , Covert garden , Indian Blanket Flower Sown, Perennial Black Eyed-Susan Sown, Purple Conefl...

Started some more seeds today, including some that have thus far failed to germinate for me: 4. Indian Blanket Flower 9. Perennial Black-Eyed Susan 10. Purple Coneflower 14. Lemon Gen Marigold (x2) 16. Blue Borage Catnip Aromatto Basil Thai Sweet Basil Stevia I probably should do more of the thin...

Sunny 17°C / 62°F

09 May 2009

Sprouted 2 Covert garden , Balcony garden , Tomatillo 'Verde' Sprouting, Plains Coreopsis Sprouting, Cucumber 'Mexican...

Tomatillo Verde, Mexican Sour Gherkin, Plains Coreposis, Chinese Lantern, Peruvian Goldenberry, Mystery Plant (the pot has disintegrated in the region where the number was… I guess it will be a surprise!)

Sunny 16°C / 60°F

07 May 2009

Lots of Seedling Activity 3 French Chervil Sprouting, Tomato 'Red Currant' (Organic) Sprouting, Tomato 'White Currant' (Organic) Sprout...

Lots of seedlings have been popping up in the stage 1 seedling germination chamber: French Chervil Red Currant Tomatoes White Currant Tomatoes Lemon Squash Chinese Yellow Cucumber Fino Verde Basil Salmon Yarrow Black-Eyed Susan Shasta Daisy These have joined the sweet basil in the stage 2 baby pl...

Sunny 20°C / 68°F

02 May 2009

And So It Begins 5 2 Very Happy Covert garden , Black-Eyed Susan Sown, Perennial Black Eyed-Susan Sown, Indian Blanket Flower Sown, Plains ...

Edit: Resowed on May 02 (originally sown April 12). (Cue maniacal laughter.) In an act of ultimate procrastination I spent about four hours today weeding the CG. It was probably in the mid to upper 60s and sunny with a light breeze, so it was just perfect. This is the first time in a very long ti...

Sunny 21°C / 69°F

02 May 2009

Rain! 1 2 Balcony garden and Covert garden

Much to my surprise it rained today. Rain, in May! Yesterday as well. It isn’t as though it wasn’t forecast (“showers”, they said), but I figured it was wishful thinking on the part of the weather service. It’s May in California. Who expects rain? I bought a grow lig...

Sunny 13°C / 56°F

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