I just received an email from NZ Magazine asking for permission to use this photo of my New Zealand Spinach…. I’m excited, I may be published! :)
Monthly Archives: September 2006
Unknown Weed in My Veggie Bed
I just noticed the flower on this plant that’s in one of my veggie beds. Before it bloomed, I thought it was a Tomato that grew from our compost. Now I think it grew from a seed carried from birds that frequent our yard, since I see bird droppings with seeds in them on the Cucumber next to this plant.
Anyone know what this is?
My garden is in the Northern-East San Francisco Bay Area (zone 9A).
A Little Bit of Gardening…
I haven’t been able to work on the garden in a while. Today I was able to do a little bit, today… although I still have to fix up my third vegetable bed for the fall vegetables.
I did my monthly Coleus pot moves, moving some of the pots in the front patio back to the back and some pots from the back to be highlighted in the front. That way everyone gets their time in the spotlight…
The Coleus are in bloom now. I’ve been clipping the flowers back, but for some of the varieties that are past their prime, I’m letting them go.
I did notice that one of them is close to dead. I’ve had trouble with Coleus ‘Fishnet Stockings’ since the spring. For some reason the mealy bugs really like it and have been attacking no matter how much i try to spray them out. So I took some cuttings to see if I can start some off to over-winter.
I also sowed four six packs of Sugar Snap Peas and Dwarf Gray Peas (a Snow Pea)… I was gonna sow some lettuce and chard and other greens, but my Mom wanted to go grocery shopping, go I had to go. I’ll plant those tomorrow.