I was browsing Burpee’s website and saw a chartreuse-green Hippeastrum called Evergreen.
I’m putting this on my wish-list.
Here’s more info on Dave’s Garden.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Kales Sprouting + New Snap and Sweet Peas Seeds…
Just a few days after sowing, the Dinosaur 
and White Russian Kales are sprouting.
I also found some Super Sugar Snap Peas seeds as wells as Sweet Pea ‘Early Gigantea Mixed Colors’ seeds as OSH in El Cerrito.
I soaked 16 Snap Peas and 12 Sweet Peas seeds in water and will plant them out either Monday or Tuesday.
Also posted on Folia
In Search of Snap Peas Seeds…
I’ve grown several generations of Snap Peas in our garden every fall/winter/spring… but I can’t seem to find the seeds that I saved from this spring’s harvest… so I was thinking of getting a new variety.
Our plants seem to grow taller and taller every year, with this past year growing well over 6 feet. It was way too tall and over-towered the other plants around it. So I’m looking for a variety that only grows to about 4-5 feet tall.
This evening after work, my friend needed to go to Home Depot, so I went along to see if I can find any kinds of Snap Pea seeds. No luck. All they had were Snow Peas, which I don’t like that much.
I did a search online and found two different varieties that I would like:
Super Sugar Snap
58 days. Grow about 5 feet tall. Improved variety of Sugar Snap (which I have been growing). I found some at Territorial Seed Co.
Super Snappy Pea
65 days. I’ve never seen this variety and its pods are huge; 8-10 peas per pod. Grows 28-32″. A Burpee Exclusive. I placed this on my Folia Wish List . [Update Oct. 26, 2010: I ended up ordering this.]
Screenshot taken from Burpee’s site.
After writing this, I got an email from Annie’s Annuals with this variety:
Carouby de Mousanne
60 Days. It’s a Snow Pea (which I usually don’t like to grow), but it doesn’t get fibrous (which is why I don’t like to grow it) when the seed starts to swell. Grows 6 feet tall. Here’s the description page on Annie’s Annuals website.
Also posted on Folia
Some Winter Veggies Sown…
I sowed six types of winter veggies into Jiffy Peat Pots (4 each):
– Bok Choy ‘Joi Choi’
– Mustard ‘Miike Purple Giant’
– Kale ‘White Russian’
– Dinosaur Kale
– Kale ‘Dwarf Blue Curled’
– Swiss Chard ‘Fordhook Giant’
Also posted on Folia
The 2010-2011 Overwintering Coleus Project Begins…
We got the first rain a few days ago… and it’s starting to get a little bit cooler… so that means I have to start thinking about getting cuttings from my Coleus to overwinter. To tell you the truth, I don’t like overwintering my Coleus because it’s a lot of work and it take up room in my bedroom (and I don’t have that much room to spare). I use to have a lots of window space at work (see photo below), but since I quit, I am force to keep all my cuttings at home.
Today’s Harvest
My Mom harvested these Tomatoes (probably Rutger’s Select), Figs and the last Two Lemon Cucumber.
Also posted on Folia
GGWTV + a Dream + Harvested Basil…
Excited to see Growing a Greener World finally showing on a local TV station :: Starts Sunday 10/17 on KRCB Ch. 22
Just had a nice dream at a birthday party, reuniting with tons of high school classmates. I wonder how my school bus buddy Neil is doing…
I harvested a few Basil leaves to ad to a sauteed veggie dish…
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