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Monthly Archives: February 2012
So Many Fruits…
I just updated the What’s Growing? page and didn’t realize how many fruit trees we have until I listed them all down. Below is the list so far, not even including all the grafts that I have made. Bookmark on … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged apple, apricot, asian pear, Asian Plum, avocado, banana, calamansi, cherry, chilean guava, crabapple, feijoa, fig, grapefruit, grapes, guava, kiwi arguta, kiwi fruits, kiwi hayward, lemon, mango, orange, peach, peach elberta, pear, pears, persimmon, plum, plum near sink, plum near storage, pomegranate, pomelo
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Wish List: Cymbidium Huell Howser
I just watched a California’s Gold episode about the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show and they showed a Cymbidium Orchid named after the host of the show: Cymbidium Huell Howser. I like its color and searching to see if there is … Continue reading
Goodbye Stitch Modern Quilt Show…
Earlier this afternoon, I drove down to the Piedmont Center for the Arts to help take down the EBMQG quilt show, Stitch Modern, and to pick up my quilt and bring it home. I took my PlantCam time lapse camera … Continue reading
Posted in Quilting and Sewing
Tagged East Bay Modern Quilt Guild, movies, plantcam, quilt, quilt 04, Time Lapse
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Pacific Orchid Exposition 2012 + Orchid Purchases…
My Mom and I went to the San Francisco Pacific Orchid Exposition at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Like in the previous years, the Orchids were beautiful and there was so much to see. I’ll post photos from the show … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged Epicattleya, Epidendrum, Masdevallia Orchid, orchids, Pacific Orchid Exposition, purchase
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Berkeley Plant Purchases…
I stopped by two nurseries in Berkeley and found some really cool plants, that I had to purchase. From Westbrae Nursery: – Meadow Foam (Limnathes douglasii) – Rose Campion (Lychnis coronaria) – Sugar Snap Peas From Berkeley Horticulutral Nursery: – … Continue reading
My Potting Table
My current potting table is just a heavy duty cargo trunk with wheels. It’s elevated on bricks to a comfortable level and can hold about 4 cubic feet of potting soil. Earlier today, as I passed by it… the gloves … Continue reading
Another Busy Gardening Day…
I started the day off harvesting some Swiss Chard ‘Green’ for lunch… My Mom used it in Filipino dish called Nilagang Manok, which literally translated means Boiled Chicken. I really love Swiss Chard, including the stems which remains firm when cooked. They … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged agrostemma, alyssum gold dust, apricot, cilantro, grafting, harvest, kale, Kale Rainbow, Kale Siberian, lettuce, lettuce wildfire, no id, plum, plum near storage, plumcot, radish, radish red devel b, radish white icicle, sow, sunflower, sunflower lemon queen, swiss chard, wintersow, zinnia, zinnia fall 2005
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First Batch of Grafts…
I did my first batch of grafts this year onto the Asian Plum (near storage) that has already started to set buds. They include: – Asian Plum ‘Golden Nectar’ – Plumcot ‘Burbank’ – Asian Plum ‘El Dorado’ – Apricot ‘Canadian … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged graft, grafting, plum near storage, plumcot, Plumcot Burbank, scion
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Another Earthquake + Vlog + Repottings…
This morning, I was waken up by another earthquake. It sounded like someone pounded on my bedroom window and shook my loft bed… and since I was up on my loft bed, I thought to myself that I need to … Continue reading
February 2012 Bloom Day…
I was reminded that today is February 2012 Bloom Day, so I went through our garden and took photos of everything in bloom. I didn’t have time to process all the photos, but I wanted to post at least one, … Continue reading
3.7
Wow! We just had a 3.7 magnitude earthquake… and it was the first one I’ve felt in years… additionally, I don’t think I ever remembered an earthquake centered in Vallejo. I was watching TV and the house shook really hard! I was … Continue reading
Can Peachcot Scions be Grafted to an Asian Plum?
I got a Peachcot scion from a recent CRFG Scion Exchange and was wondering if it can be grafted onto an Asian Plum. I’ve had success grafting an Apricot scion to our Asian Plums, but I know Peaches can’t be … Continue reading
Sowing and Potting Seedling Up…
Today I sowed a few seeds: – Florence Fennel – Spaghetti Squash – Black Zucchini I also potted some seedlings into newspaper pots: – Bok Choy ‘Fun Jen’ – Bok Choy ‘Joi Choy’ – Swiss Chard ‘Fordhood Giant’ Bookmark on … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged bok choy, bok choy fun jen, bok choy joi choy, fennel, newspaper pots, sow, squash, squash spaghetti, swiss chard, swiss chard fordhook, zucchini black, zuchinni
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Valentine’s Shopping…
Happy Valentine’s Day! I woke up this morning and got an email from a local Ace Hardware with a 90% off Valentine’s Day coupon (up to $25), so I went for a visit to see what I can get. I … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged Ace Hardware, coupon, kale, Kale Rainbow, Kale Siberian, lettuce, lettuce red romaine, lettuce wildfire, Navlet's, parsley, purchase, Whitney Farms
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Overcast, But Lots of Gardening Done…
It was pretty much overcast the whole day but I got a lot done in the garden. I moved a lot of pots with dead plants (annuals) from the front garden to the container graveyard in the back. I’ll rejuvenate … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged aphids, calamansi, calendula, calendula prunsch park, daffodil, Daffodil Dick Widen, daylily, daylily mare island, dirt pots, fabric pots, hyacinth, kale, kale blue curled scotch, onions, onions walla walla, pea snap, pea snap sugar ann, pomegranate, rain, sow, Tulip Pastel Mix, Tulip Queen of the Night, tulips
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