10:45 Bringing my Mom to Kaiser for a routine blood test… #
11:16 Just saw a woman at Kaiser Hospital waiting as her children pluck her leg hairs off… Eww… #
12:23 Trying out a Pom Glazed Pork Adobo recipe… #
14:11 The free @digg app comes to your iPhone! They’re giving out 1 custom iPad everyday for 2 weeks to celebrate! bit.ly/diggapp #
22:52 Dangit!… It’s going to get cold and rainy again next week… #
I realized that I posted some information about winter sowing in previous entries:
http://www.joeysplanting.com/2010/02/04/winter-sowing/
http://www.joeysplanting.com/2010/02/03/milk-carton-gathering/
…but never posted instructions on how I did them… so here I go:
I first marked where I wanted to cut the bottles and milk cartons using a Sharpie permanent marker…
To make this easier for me, I cut a strip of cardboard 2.5 inches tall, aligned the cardboard and bottle on the ground, then traced along the top edge of the cardboard with the Sharpie onto the bottle…
then I carefully cut along the line.
I then poked holes in the bottoms to let excess water flow through the container.
A friend on Flickr suggested that I also put additional hole on the sides to allow better drainage, especially if these sit on a flat surface .
I created vent holes on my first container, but later ommitted this step and just left the top off the bottle.
Added some potting soil to about 2 inches and sowed some seeds. For my first two winter sowing container, I planted Daisy Garden Wildflower Mix and a Wildflower Mix I got free from Subaru (at the SF Flower and Garden Show).
For my second batch, I sowed: Zinnia ‘Whirligig’ Cosmos ‘Bright Lights Mix’ Alyssum ‘Gold Dust’ Melampodium (Butter Daisy), Cilantro Zinnia (Fall 2005).
Here they are all lined up in our backyard.
10:20 Me and my Mom are spending the day at the SF Flower and Garden Show (in San Mateo Event Center) :: #SFGS www.sfgardenshow.com/ #
16:35 Gary Gragg from HGTV’s show Superscapes just gave my Mom a big kiss!!! #
10:20 Me and my Mom are spending the day at the SF Flower and Garden Show (in San Mateo Event Center) :: #SFGS www.sfgardenshow.com/ #
16:36 Gary Gragg from HGTV’s show Superscapes just gave my Mom a big kiss!!! #
18:24 Going to Daiso for the first time… #
12:17 It is my father’s birthday today… If her were still alive, he would have been 85 years old… Happy Birthday Tatay! #
13:00 Wisteria, Salome Daffodil and Freesias are blooming… #
13:06 Seckle & Comice Pear grafts are blooming… Red Gravenstein, Banana Flower, Black Twig & Striped Gravenstein Apple grafts are leafing out… #
13:08 Winter Nellis Pear is leafing out… #
13:23 My great niece Mahliyah joined me in the garden and asked so many questions. She really liked smelling the Lemon Verbena and Pineapple Sage. #
14:50 Looks like some of the Roses in the front yard may bloom soon… The Yellow Lady Banks Rose in the backyard has already started blooming… #
23:55 I went to Mid-City Nursery earlier today and bought Mamma Mia Tomato, Gold Rush Summer Squash and Peter Pan Summer Squash… #
12:07 My brother is playing Charice videos on YouTube and my great niece Mahliyah yells out, "Lolo (Grandpa), it’s too loud!!!" #
12:17 It is my father’s birthday today… If her were still alive, he would have been 85 years old… Happy Birthday Tatay! #
13:23 My great niece Mahliyah joined me in the garden and asked so many questions. She really liked smelling the Lemon Verbena and Pineapple Sage. #
14:52 We saw a stray dog walking near our block and my Mom says, "Dog, go to our house and live with us." #
14:57 My Mom is finger tapping to @jaysean’s "Down"… #
14:58 Visiting my Dad at the cemetery… #
19:59 Cooking Pork Pozole for the first time… #
10:47 Lilacs, Columbines and Orange Daylilies are blooming in our from yard… #
11:52 My Nightshade seedlings were not getting enough light under the old growlights, so today, I started putting them outside during the day. #
12:11 My Chayote grew over a foot this weekend and now grabbing the window shades. I think I’m going to bring it home to start hardening it off… #
19:44 I was going to plant some Mango seeds today, but when I opened the pods, they didn’t look good :: j.mp/bI88bI #
19:47 Sowed Red Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos flavidus) seeds (from @megzzz) & Mystery seed (Tipu Tree? :: j.mp/9FeSgK ) :: j.mp/cFV30r #
19:48 I’m bringing my Chayote growing at work home tonight. Looks like the Chayote wanted to bring a friend with it :: j.mp/aLRx9Y #
22:21 My Mom harvested two Bok Choy plants and some Swiss Chard leaves for a Filipino dish called Nilagang Manok… #
23:38 Curious to try Grains of Paradise. Never heard of this spice until I saw it on Good Eats. Peppery, citrusy, w/ traces of cardamom & ginger. #