4:14pm One of my African Violet cuttings that I planted a month ago has rooted. I can’t wait to see little plantlets emerge.
Category Archives: Gardening
Sage + Rain Barrel Overflow + Yam Leaves + Sprouts
10:54am Happy “Blame Somebody Else” Day!!!… Go out and blame someone for something!!!… hehe #
6:01pm I showed a coworker how big my Sage plant has grown :: he then told me about a Brown Butter Sage Sauce j.mp/cdclHW #
6:18pm Our rain barrel overflowed during the last two days of rain #
6:19pm Found out Turmeric comes from a plant in the Ginger family :: j.mp/9RAU0n #
11:19pm Got some Yam leaves from the grocery store. We’ll cook the leaves like Spinach, and save the stems to root and plant #
11:32pm Just 4 days after sowing the Envy Zinnia, Whirligig Zinnia, Fruit Smoothie Zinnia and Lettuce Leaf Basil are sprouting… #
Mango Seed Sprouting Roots…
The Mango seed that I didn’t think would grow, but planted anyways is sprouting some roots!!!
Making Winter Sowing Containers…
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.
Syngenta Flowers/Gilroy Rotary Flower Fest 2010…
One of my coworkers told me about a big annual flower sale that she’s been to in Gilroy. She described it as masses of flowers for sale, with people grabbing plants like crazy. The plants are probably the trail plants that they use to test the seeds… I did some searching online and found information about it.
Syngenta Flowers/Gilroy Rotary Flower Fest 2010
April 24, 2010
7:30am to 1pm
Goldsmith Seeds – 2280 Hecker Pass Road, Gilroy, CA 95020
I think I’ll make make a day of this and take my Mom, then maybe visit my relatives in Santa Clara… It’ll be cool to see all the flowers and plants.
More Info:
☉ Rotary Club of Gilroy’s Flower Fest 2010
☉ Goldsmith Seeds’ Did You Know?
Sprouts…
12:40am Statice Rainbow Mix is sprouting… #
12:50am I can see leaves emerging from the three Hippeastrums bulbs that overwintered outside. #
12:55am Forgot to post about some new sproutings:
Sunday 3/14 Black from Tula and Rutger-Select Tomatoes;
Monday 3/15 Beefsteak Tomato #
1:00am New sproutings:
Tues 3/18 African Orange Eggplant;
Wed 3/17 Red Bell Pepper and Easter Eggplant #
1:02am I was checking the seedlings outside and noticed that the Whirligig Zinnia sprouts was gone. I think I may need to plant more of those… #
3:23pm (Reposted from @megzzz) The Oldest Trees on the Planet bit.ly/cmszlJ #
Planting Hosta & Pineapple Seeds + Blooming African Violet…
Four Flowers…
10:16am My Epidendrum Green Hornet Orchid at work surprised me with another flower this morning. It now has four :) #
