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Milk Carton Gathering

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I found these milk cartons at work last week and brought them home to try some wintersowing. I saw some gardeners doing this last year and wanted to try it out.

Milk Carton Gathering

I was inspired by these photos:
www.flickr.com/photos/22923480@N05/3324459670/
www.flickr.com/photos/22923480@N05/3586432423/
www.flickr.com/photos/katxn/3392234841/

More wintersowing info:
www.wintersown.org/
forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/wtrsow/
faq.gardenweb.com/faq/wtrsow/
myfolia.com/groups/229-wintersowing

Garden Related Tweets…

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  • 1:56am My praying mantis Clingie laid her fourth ootheca (egg sack)!!! j.mp/cXWAdS #

    Clingie and Her Fourth Ootheca (Egg Sack)

  • 4:27pm @AnniesAnnuals is having a SALE in honor of our native yellow-bellied groundhog! use GROUNDHOG15 code for 15% off everything til midnight! #

  • 9:16pm Got my Territorial Seed Company catalog in the mail… So much veggie and flower seeds!!! :) #

Gardens are a Form of Autobiography + Centella asiatica + Wild Radish + Peach Left Curl Question

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  • 2:47am Wish List: Takip Kuhol (Centella asiatica) j.mp/9bRsYf #

  • 9:08am Gardens are a form of autobiography. ~Sydney Eddison #

  • 11:26am It [my garden] would say I’m a packrat and I will try to take care of any plants I can find… (but I love it!) j.mp/chsCtM #

  • 11:39am This morning, I saw white/pink Wild Radish flowers in bloom along the freeway near Solano Fairgrounds… #

  • 6:47pm Anyone know an organic method to get rid of Peach Leaf Curl?…
    We have been manually picking the affected leaves off… j.mp/bOCwJN #

    Peach Leaf Curl Disease   Leaf Curl Removal

Wish List: Takip Kuhol (Centella asiatica)

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I just saw an interesting plant that I’ve never heard of on a Filipino TV show. Takip Kuhol (aka Gotu Kola, Spadeleaf) (Centella asiatica) literally translates to "cover snail" in Tagalog. It is an medicinal plant that can be used for wound and skin sores. Also high in Vitamin B and the leaves can eaten in a salad.

At first I thought it was this weed I found growing in our lawn. But upon further research it’s a different plant.

I’ll have to research if this plant is sold locally and if it will survive here.

☉ Dave’s Garden Plantfiles
☉ Philippine Medicinal Plants: Takip-kohol – Scientific name: Centella asiatica L.
☉ PCHRD Library: 10 Medicinal Plants

Tweets From the Garden…

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  • 1:39pm Plum (near storage) is getting close to opening its flower buds #

  • 2:06pm Yellow Jasmine and Yellox Oxalis have started blooming in our back yard. #

  • 2:11pm I took my stone fruit scions (peach, plum, nectarine, cherry, etc.) out of the refridgerator to come out of "winter" mode… #

  • 3:01pm Just received some seed swaps in the mail:
    – Emerald Giant Pepper,
    – Black from Tula Tomato and
    – Golden Marconi Pepper. #

First Seed Swap for 2010…

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Just received some seed swaps in the mail:

Emerald Giant Pepper: Folia stash | Folia wiki

Black from Tula Tomato: Folia stash | Folia wiki

Golden Marconi Pepper: Folia stash | Folia wiki

Flowers in Bloom + Pee-wee’s iPad + Sandwich + Checking Fruit Trees

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  • 10:19am Tulips, Sweet Peas and Daffodils are now blooming in our front yard :) #
  • 11:12am “Pee-wee Gets An iPad!” j.mp/bAKxDO :: How did Pee-wee get an iPad so fast? #
  • 1:48pm Sandwich, you are good!!! (Ham & Cheese Baguette from Battery Street Coffee Roastery) #
  • 6:26pm A friend posted a photo of cherry blossoms (actually ornamental plums). I have to check if ours is budding so I can start grafting… #

Unknown Volunteer

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We have a few of these plants volunteering in our garden. This one is growing in between some of my Bromeliads. I don’t know what they are or were they came from, although, I think the bird may have brought the seeds into our garden when they go poop.

Anyone know what these plants are?

There are growing in the Northern San Francisco Bay Area. Zone 9A.

Unknown Volunteer