Monthly Archives: February 2010

Gardening Update + Edible Broccoli Leaves?…

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5:16pm Lemon Verbena is breaking dormancy and starting to leaf out… #

5:18pm The grafted Peach ‘Flavorcrest’ is starting to bloom… #

7:26pm Potted up my new White Chinese Ground Orchid into a one-gallon pot… #

7:47pm Are Broccoli leaves edible?.. We got a bunch of Broccoli with leaves from my cousin and the leaves look almost as good as Collard Greens… #

8:30pm Winter-sown Zinnia ‘Whirligig’ is already sprouting… #

[update]

turtleinashell from LiveJournal send me this link:
Broccoli Greens! on Daily Grocery Co-op

New Orchids + Wild Flowers + Swiss Chard Harvest…

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11:52pm I purchased 5 Masdevallias: Masd. Red Panda, Masd. Huayna Picchu, Masd. Ruby Slippers ‘Baby’, Masd. Flying Colors & Masd. Tovarensis… #

New Orchids from POE 2010

11:53pm I also bought Maxillaria tenuifolia (Coconut Orchid), Bletilla striata var alba (White Chinese Ground Orchid) and Epidendrum Green Hornet… #

12:10am Short orange flowers are in bloom along the freeway near El Cerrito. I think they are Wild Calendula or something similar. #

12:18am The hills along the freeways are really green with splotches of yellow from the Wild Mustard flowers. My Mom says the hills looks like maps. #

11:29pm Harvested some Swiss Chard (about 8 bigs leaves) from the garden and will try to dehydrate them like the Kale Chips… #

Breaking News via Twitter & Facebook…

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11:15am It’s weird how I now get breaking news via Twitter & Facebook. Like the 8.8 earthquake in Chile and Tsunami warning throughout the Pacific. #

@joeysplanting’s Tweets…

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  • 01:09 Asian Plum ‘Elephant Heart’ and Peach ‘Sierra Blanca’ grafts are blooming… #
  • 01:10 Snap Peas are fruiting. I think I saw 4 young pods… #
  • 01:26 Did another late night snail and slug run, hand-picking them off my plants!… I really need to apply some Garden Safe Slug & Snail Bait… #
  • 11:02 I saw a flower pot in front of Raley’s with some Purple Kale and thought about Kale Chips :P #
  • 12:11 @megzzz At work, sometimes it’s not done until it’s final final final final… *frustrating* #
  • 12:13 Going to see tons of orchids at the Pacific Orchid Exposition & Sale at Fort Mason, San Francisco… Hope I don’t spend “too much”… #

@joelignacio’s Tweets…

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  • 11:00 Five, Five Dollar, Five Dollar Foot Long… #
  • 11:02 I saw a flower pot in front of Raley’s with some Purple Kale and thought about Kale Chips :P #
  • 12:14 Going to see tons of orchids at the Pacific Orchid Exposition & Sale at Fort Mason, San Francisco… Hope I don’t spend “too much”… #
  • 17:48 Praying the Stations of the Cross at St. Vincent, Vallejo… #
  • 18:45 is Seafood Citying… #
  • 19:17 Squid is 2lbs/$1.00 at Seafood City… That’s cheap, isn’t it?… #
  • 20:15 is Burger Kinging… Tryin’ out the Cilantro Lime BK Big Fish… #

Renee’s Garden + Chayote + White Ginger…

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9:43am My Chayote is now 2.25 inches tall… #

4:25pm Whoa… Renee’s Garden just added me as a friend on Flickr :) #

10:24pm Found some White Ginger (Galanga?) at Ranch 99… I think I’m going to try to grow it… #

@joelignacio’s Tweets…

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  • 19:55 I love Asian grocery stores… #

@joeysplanting’s Tweets…

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  • 18:18 I got another half-gallon milk carton to make another winter sowing container… #
  • 23:44 We’ve been harvesting a lot of grapefruit from our tree out front… My brother even made grapefruit juice this evening… #