“Taking my 2nd batch of Coleus cuttings to overwinter. Since I took a cutting of Coleus ‘Gem’, I can’t get the theme song to Gem off my mind.” …
— Here’s a link to the Jem and the Holograms theme song on YouTube…
“I just went in from gardening outside and looked at the clock… It’s only 5:30pm?…” …
— and it was dark already…
“@thefrugalgarden That sounds delicious! :: RT Kabocha curry corn soup hits the spot.” …
— I have to search for this recipe…
Just got a call from Seventh Generation. They want to use one of my photos in product package for one more year!
Here’s the original photo:
We got our first frost advisory this evening, so I took the two one-gallon pots of Pineapples I have in the backyard and placed them in the patio for a little bit of protection. It was 42°F When I went outside.
I planted more seeds into Jiffy Peat Pellets (4 each):
– Swiss Chard ‘Green Lucullus’ 
– Kale ‘Red Russian’ (G2/2010) – Seeds collected from this year’s plants
– Cilantro/Coriander (G2/2010) – Seeds collected from this year’s plants
– Kailaan ‘Blue Star’ (Chinese Kale/Chinese Broccoli)
– Spinach ‘Bloomsdale Savoy’
– Spinach ‘Correnta Hybrid’
I read that Spinach and Cilantro can be grown in the fall/winter/spring in free-free zones, so I’m going to try to grow them this fall/winter and see how well they do. I always though these two were summer plants.
I was browsing Burpee’s website and saw a chartreuse-green Hippeastrum called Evergreen.
I’m putting this on my wish-list.
Here’s more info on Dave’s Garden.
Just a few days after sowing, the Dinosaur and White Russian Kales are sprouting.
I also found some Super Sugar Snap Peas seeds as wells as Sweet Pea ‘Early Gigantea Mixed Colors’ seeds as OSH in El Cerrito.
I soaked 16 Snap Peas and 12 Sweet Peas seeds in water and will plant them out either Monday or Tuesday.
I’ve grown several generations of Snap Peas in our garden every fall/winter/spring… but I can’t seem to find the seeds that I saved from this spring’s harvest… so I was thinking of getting a new variety.
Our plants seem to grow taller and taller every year, with this past year growing well over 6 feet. It was way too tall and over-towered the other plants around it. So I’m looking for a variety that only grows to about 4-5 feet tall.
This evening after work, my friend needed to go to Home Depot, so I went along to see if I can find any kinds of Snap Pea seeds. No luck. All they had were Snow Peas, which I don’t like that much.
I did a search online and found two different varieties that I would like:
Super Sugar Snap
58 days. Grow about 5 feet tall. Improved variety of Sugar Snap (which I have been growing). I found some at Territorial Seed Co.
Super Snappy Pea
65 days. I’ve never seen this variety and its pods are huge; 8-10 peas per pod. Grows 28-32″. A Burpee Exclusive. I placed this on my Folia Wish List . [Update Oct. 26, 2010: I ended up ordering this.]
Screenshot taken from Burpee’s site.
After writing this, I got an email from Annie’s Annuals with this variety:
Carouby de Mousanne
60 Days. It’s a Snow Pea (which I usually don’t like to grow), but it doesn’t get fibrous (which is why I don’t like to grow it) when the seed starts to swell. Grows 6 feet tall. Here’s the description page on Annie’s Annuals website.
I sowed six types of winter veggies into Jiffy Peat Pots (4 each):
– Bok Choy ‘Joi Choi’
– Mustard ‘Miike Purple Giant’
– Kale ‘White Russian’
– Dinosaur Kale
– Kale ‘Dwarf Blue Curled’
– Swiss Chard ‘Fordhook Giant’