I went on a shopping spree and purchased a whole bunch of new plants.
From Westbrae Nursery I purchased a Apple Cider Pelargonium 
that smells really good.
From Lowe’s in Vallejo, I purchased: Wizard Coleus, Texas Tarragon and a Hydrangea for my Mom.
I also found a unknown broken red Coleus (Unknown 2011-02)
that I will try to nurse back to health.
Went to Berkeley Horticultural Nursery and purchased three new plants:
– Bay Laurel
– Coleus ‘Defiance’
– Coleus (Unknown 2011-01 maybe Glennis)
I just bought two tickets to the Vallejo Garden Tour 2011 which is coming up on Sunday. This year’s theme is “A Community of Gardens“. The tour features eight local gardens (private homes) and two community gardens. The Loma Vista Farm and the Vallejo Community Garden at Mare Island.
I haven’t received the progrm and map yet, so I’m not sure exactly where the home garden are yet. Hopefully, they will be as lush and inspiring as the previous years that I’ve gone. I got my camera ready and I’m sure I’ll take tons of photos…
More Info:
– Official website (although not updated with 2011 info):
www.vallejogardentour.com
– Facebook:
www.facebook.com/VallejoGardenTour
– Vallejo Naval & Historic Museum:
www.vallejomuseum.org/INTRODUCTION2NDPAGE.html
– Vallejo Naval & Historic Museum blog:
vallejomuseum.blogspot.com/2011/04/8th-annual-vallejo-garden-tour.html
– Visit Vallejo website:
www.visitvallejo.com/event-calendar/index.php?event=191&cat=1
I found some photos of the Purple Potatoes that my Mom took while I was on vacationing in the Philippines.
I found some photos of the Purple Potatoes that my Mom took while I was on vacationing in the Philippines.
I planted most of the Purple Potatoes that I found sprouting into two 7-gallon Geopots. I saved the unplanted Potatoes to give to my sister-in-law.
I entered some contests a few days ago on various garden blogs promoting the new book “Garden Up!:Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces“.
Today, I was surfing Google and discovered a new feature (to me) called Google Blogs Search… so I was curious and plugged in my name… I say a line that said, “Congrats to Joel Ignacio for taking home the $50 gift card from Annie’s Annuals!”
That is sooo cool!… I won the $50 gift certificate for Annie’s Annuals from Compost in my Shoe…. and I didn’t even know it… I love Annie’s Annuals!!!… Now I have to figure out how to claim the prize.
I’ve been away from home for a few days and got back this afternoon and started planting.
First thing my Mom told me when I stepped out into the backyard was that our Zygopetalum Orchid opened it’s first bloom. This made me really happy. We purchased this as a bare root Orchid at the Pacific Orchid Expo three years ago.
I purchased a Asiatic Lily called Tango Blend from OSH in El Cerrito. There was an spot in the front yard filled with weeds, so I removed what I can, added new soil and planted all six bulbs. I also planted some Agrostemma in clusters here and in two other locations in our front yard.
I planted two of the three Pepino Dulce into 5 gallon pots which will be placed in the front yard. Here, they will get full sun and hopefully produce a lot of fruits. I’ll plant the third one into the SFG soon.
In a continuing effort to incorporate veggies into our front yard, I planted all the Swiss Chard ‘Bright Lights’ seedlings into the two big clay pots, which now has the Sweet Peas and Agrostemmas. I think this will make a nice and colorful filler for the pot and also provide some veggies!