Father’s Day Gardening…

After having a great Father’s Day with a big BBQ lunch for my brother… then a short nap… I work in the garden a bit.

I’m slowly cleaning up the Square Foot Beds and this evening I started collecting seeds from the dried up volunteer Wild Calendula plants so I can cut them down to make room for new plants. There were quite a few seeds and I’m sure several dropped before I got to collect them… but those will form the plants for next year.

Dried Wild Calendula Wild Calendula Seeds

As I was cutting the Wild Calendula, my Mom started cutting down the bolting Beets Folia in a nearby square. These Beets are actually pretty old–they were planted May 2008… and I don’t have the heart to chop them down completely. I’ll just let them grow and pick off the young leave to use for greens… though I’m debating weather to move them or just let them stay at there current location.

I noticed that the volunteer Cerinthes Folia are already dropping seeds…

First Plum Harvest

I picked my first Plum Folia fruit from the tree next to the sink. It’s not completely ripe but still good… sweet with a little tartness. Yumm!

Father’s Day Tweets…

01:18 I’m watching an infomercial for an Xpress Redi Set Go cooker… and I kinda want one :: www.redisetgo.com

01:44 I’m cooking some Chinese Steamed Rice Cake and making my Sushi Casserole for tomorrow’s lunch…

10:55 HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all you fathers out there!!!

More Mongero Photos Posted…

I added a few more photos from my visit to Tony Mongero’s garden.
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You can see the complete set in my Flickr set entitled “Mongero Garden