(Unknown) Weeds Weeds Weeds

Today at my Grandma’s house, I saw these weeds:

This unknown weed has dandelion-like flowers, but the plant stands upright
Unknown Weed at My Grandma's
[Added Jan. 23, 2006] This is Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel). Thanks to Seoras64 on flickr for the ID.

Unknown Weed at My Grandma's
[Added Jan. 23, 2006] This is Erodium cicutarium (Red-stemmed Filaree). Thanks to mschmidt62 on flickr for the ID. Also in the photo is a tiny Anagallis arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel).

I also saw this weed a few days ago on Broadway Street (San Francisco). I really like the texture on its leaves. Anyone know what this is?

Unknown Weed
[Added Jan. 23, 2006] This is Urtica dioica (Stinging Nettle). Thanks to urtica on flickr for the ID.

Daffodils + Guava + Magnolia

I had a busy weekend and I’m so tired. This morning my Mom and I went to my Grandma’s (and Uncle and Aunties) where I helped paint their picket fence and garage.

Before we left, I took these shots.

Our Magnolia is blooming
Magnolia

Emerging Daffodils (not the ones my brother just bought, but the ones we’ve had growing in our front yard)
Emerging Daffodils

The Guavas are getting bigger. Hopefully we can harvest them soon
White Tropic Guava

Scions + Grafting + 2 New Bulbs/Tubers…

Today I had a great gardening-related day.

I drove over to San Francisco for the California Rare Fruit Grower’s 2006 Golden Gate Chapter Scion Exchange.

When I first went in, I was so overwhelmed by the number of bags of scions (cuttings). This was my first time at any gardening function like this and I didn’t know quite what to do… so I told the woman at the door that I’ve never been to anything like this and I asked what do people here.

She explained that you basically go through the tables of bags filled with scions and if you see something you like, take 1 or 2. Then take some tape and label your scion with the name that was on the bag. They had so many varieties of different fruit trees, like apples, pears, asian pears, peaches, asian and european plums, nectarines, pluots, figs, pomegranate, kiwi, grapes, mulberries, persimmons and more.

Their were many group members who were happy to answer your questions. One of they said that even if I didn’t know how to graft trees, there were some scions that can be rooted like the figs, kiwis and pomegranate. At 1pm the had a grafting demonstration, which was very informative. There’s nothing like actually seeing someone do it up close.

I made a flickr set ( link ) with some photos from the event. Clicking many of the photos below will link you there.

In total I got about 25 varieties of fruit scions:

A list of the varieties of scions I got

2006 Golden Gate Chapter Scion Exchange

I just learned about the 2006 Golden Gate Chapter Scion Exchange/Grafting Workshop from laurenandray‘s post on the gardening community.

That’s today!!!… I so want to go since I’ve always wanted to learn how to graft. It’s in San Francisco, which is about 45 minutes to a hour away (with traffic)… so I’m going to get myself to bed and try not to sleep in. Hopefully, I’ll make it.

Sounds like fun!… and I’ll see other gardenin’ folks :) Can you tell I’m excited?

White Strawberries?

Hi Gardening Friends :) I have so much to post, but I’m so sleepy so I’m just going to share two photos of some Japanese Anemone seeds I found. Don’t they look like white strawberries?

Japanese Anemone seeds   Japanese Anemone seeds

These were found next to the KGO-TV building in San Francisco and were ready to be blown away. I’m planning to see if they will grow in the spring.

I’ll write more from work tomorrow.

Yeay Seeds + More Videos

I got my order from Evergreen Seeds.

I also got more videos from the library:
– Yardening: How to Grow Warm-Weather Vegetables (with Jeff Ball)
– Yardening: How to Grow Plants in a Greenhouse (with Jeff Ball)
– YardWorks!: New Gardening Techniques for the 90’s (with Melinda Myers)

Yeay!!! New Compost Bin…

I finally found another Smith & Hawkins BioStack Compost Bin for sale on a Craigs List ad. I sent an email out and it was available… so I drove about 45 minutes away in the rain and picked it up in Pleasanton. It came with some extras, was never used and a good deal at $45.

Smith & Hawkins BioStack Composter (Top Closed)  Smith & Hawkins BioStack Composter (Top Opened)

More Books + Video

Once I got home from work and MacWorld, I return my videos to the city library and borrowed more books:

– Jeff Cox’s 100 Greatest Garden Ideas by (duh?) Jeff Cox
– Who Named the Daisy? Who Named the Rose? by Mary Durant
– Apartment 3-A Mariposa St. by Fanny A. Garcia (a short book written in Tagalog)

I also got two more videos:

– Yardening: How to Grow & Nurture Seedling
– Yardening: How to Grow Cool-Weather Vegetables

Both in the Yardening series with Jeff Ball