Yearly Archives: 2011

Mid January 2011 Blooms…

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Folia, a garden organization website, started giving badges for different accomplishments. One is a Bloom Day Badge which they give out monthly (on the 15th) when you post a blooming milestone with a photo in your Folia gardening journal… so I thought I would participate and also make Mid-month Blooms blog entry a regular feature on my blog.

I know it’s a month late, but here are all the plants that were in bloom last month.

Borage
Borage Folia

Cymbidium Orchid
Cymbidium Folia

You can also view the photos in the Flickr photoset “Mid Jan 2011 Blooms“.

Meet Antonio (Baby Boy) and Benardo (Bennie)…

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Back in 2003/2004, I did a series of photos with some of my Homies and Mijos figures.

Meet Antonio (Baby Boy) and Benardo (Bennie)

Antonio (Baby Boy) and Benardo (Bennie) were bestest friends who went everywhere together, especially around my work.

Meet Antonio (Baby Boy) and Benardo (Bennie)

You’ll see more of them from time to time in the Adventures of Bennie and Baby Boy…

Nicking the Pawpaw seed…

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I checked the Pawpaw seed that’s in the refrigerator and it was still rock hard and has not swelled from the moisture… so I decided to nick the edge of the seed so the moisture can reach the core and soften the shell.

Grafting 2011 Batch 1

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Our Japanese Plum (near the storage) is starting to bloom, so I started grafting some of the Japanese Plum and Apricot scion, which I believe are compatible to Japanese Plum.

– Graft 2011-01 Plum ‘Inca’ scion grafted onto Japanese Plum (near storage)
– Graft 2011-02 Plum ‘Inca’ scion grafted onto Japanese Plum (near storage)
– Graft 2011-03 Sierra Plum scion grafted onto Japanese Plum (near storage)
– Graft 2011-04 Sierra Plum scion grafted onto Japanese Plum (near storage)
– Graft 2011-05 Apricot ‘Large Early Montgamet’ scion grafted onto Apricot

Plum 'Inca' Graft

Apricot 'Large Early Montgamet' Graft

A Trip to Happy Stop…

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Happy Stop

One weekend, I stopped by a fabric shop in Oakland that I read about:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/happy-stop-oakland

Happy Stop – 1132 E 12th St. – Oakland, CA 94606

The place is small, a mess and nothing is labeled, but there’s tons of fabrics…
ALL for $2.00/yard (half yard minimum). Cash only.

Happy Stop

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Found Horseradish + Pawpaw Stratification…

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I saw several Horseradish roots at a local grocery store and some had sprouts growing out of it. There were several sprouts broken off and I had to save this one. I hope it’ll grow, so I placed it in a little bit of water to try to get it to root.

Horseradish Sprout

I placed the Pawpaw seed I want to grow into moist sphagnum moss… which I then placed in a plastic bag and poked several small holes on top. I’ll refridgerate this for some time before I’ll grow it. I read that it must receive a 90 to 120 day stratification.

Pawpaw Weed Stratification

Pineapple Seedling Progress…

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I have two Pineapple Folia seedlings (grown from seeds) survive. One is doing really well and the other is hanging on… I will separate these and plant them into a slightly larger pot.

Pineapple Seedling Progress

Midnight Snow Peas + Pawpaw Stratification…

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Midnight Snow Peas

Back in September 2010, I was in search for purple Snap Peas. I searched online and found www.purplepeas.net. I wrote Dan, the purple Snap Pea breeder, but they were not yet available.

Midnight Snow Pea

I received a package of Midnight Snow Peas Folia today and will soak them in water overnight, so I can plant them tomorrow. I generally don’t like the Snow Peas that I have grown in the past, but the purple Snap Peas are still not available, so I’ll give these Snow Peas a try for now.

Pawpaw

I don’t know if the one Pawpaw Folia seed that I got from the 2011 CRFG Scion Exchange will grow, but I’m going to give it a try.

I read that it is slow to germinate and needs stratification, so placed it in the refrigerator for now. I also read that it needs to be kept moist, so tomorrow I will get some sphagnum moss, moisten it and place the seed it in. Again, I don’t know if this will germinate, but we’ll see…