They so cute… I can’t wait until it gets bigger…

They were getting bigger and bigger and I had trouble accessing the middle part of that vegetable bed, so this year, I decided that they have to move!… I decided to permanently plant them into the two large blue bins behind our storage. They should get ok light there and they’ll finally not be in the way, so I can easily plant in that vegetable bed again.

I moved them (4 total plants) in a span of two days late February, before they fully awaken from dormancy… I first moved two plants into one bin. The roots of the tall ones where big!… I had to cut some, but I think the plant will be ok.

I amended the soil with compost and fed it with general organic vegetable fertilizer and Azomite.

I did the same with the remaining two plants… I think they will be much happier here and hopefully they’ll bare fruit this year.

I have to go through my photo library and figure out the planting history of each plant, since a couple of them have lost their tags.

- Tomato ‘Green Brandywine’
- Tomato ‘Isis Candy’
- Tomato ‘Large Barred Boar’
- Tomato ‘Berkeley Tie Dye Pink’
- Tomato ‘Pink Boar’
- Tomato ‘Yellow Pear’
- Tomato ’1884′
- Tomato ‘Hippy Zebra’
- Tomato ‘Sweet Carneros Pink’
- Tomato ‘Marvel Stripe’
- Tomato ‘Brandywine Red’
- Tomato ‘Vintage Wine’
- Tomato ‘Green Zebra’
- Tomato ‘Speckled Red Roma’
- Tomato ‘San Marzano’
- Tomato ‘Red Robin’
- Tomato ‘OSU Blue’ aka ‘P20′

I’m still waiting for:

- Tomato ‘Red Pear Cherry (G2-2007)’
- Tomato ‘Red Zebra’

and all the Peppers.

I didn’t realize that Moringa oleifera, the “Miracle Plant” that many people are boasting about is actually the same plant that they call Malunggay in the Philippines. We mainly use it in a Chicken Ginger Soup called Tinola. Last year when I vacationed in the Philippines, I remember seeing Malunggay growing everywhere. We even found some near our resort in Subic and harvest some to cook… I’m excited to find some and heard that it is easy easy to grow and can easily be grow from cuttings. I can’t wait to get it to grow.

I planted the Malunggay and the Jungle Peanuts into cell pack and will pot them up once they sprout.

I also cleared the two large terra cotta pots in the front yard and planted a Black Beauty Zucchini in one and a Yellow Straightneck Squash in the other.

Last year, I wasn’t happy with the Zucchini in the Square Foot Garden in the back… so I yanked it out and planted it in the front in the terra cotta pot… it started getting big fast and fruiting, so I’ll plant Zucchinis in front from now on.

I didn’t know where to plant the three Asparagus crowns I bought a month or two ago… so I temporarily placed them into a small pot with soil. They started sprouting and are getting tall, so I potted each one into a separate 5 gallon pot with lots of manure, compost, fertilizer and Azomite. I left about two inches at the top of the pot and will fill it in with more compost later.

My Mom says that her Tuberose has never bloomed, so I am going to repot them and give them a good supply for organic fertilizer, compost and Azomite. Hopefully they will bloom for the first time this year!

There were a bunch of Bloody Dock seedling volunteers in the Tuberose pot. I’ll divide them up and plant them in individual containers. I think I will donate some to the Vallejo Garden Club.

I didn’t think the Red Potatoes were going to sprout, but today I saw that they are starting.

Finally, I harvested more Red Giant Mustard and Swiss Chard. We seem to have a neverending supply of them (pretty good for a 6 cell pack).

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I don’t recall the other Clematis flowers looking having that.

Anyone know what those white things are?

When I showed my Mom the photo in the book, she cracked me up when she said it looks like Marijuana.

These are an ancient Amazon heirloom peanuts which are likely the ancestors to the commercially grown peanuts today. The are striped like a tiger (a chocolately purple and orange tiger) and I heard the have a great flavor. Unlike common peanuts, they don’t contain aflatoxin and are usually eaten raw.

I’ve grown regular store-bought Peanuts before and think these would be interesting to grow.

As I was taking flower photos for April 2012 Bloom Day. I noticed this red old garden-type Rose which I do not recall having. I asked my Mom when and where we got this Rose and she didn’t recall. In fact, she didn’t remember this Rose looking like this. I’ll look at this Rose later, because I have a feeling it may be from the rootstock.

Here’s a list of what I planted:

- Tomato ‘Green Brandywine’
- Tomato ‘Isis Candy’
- Tomato ‘Large Barred Boar’
- Tomato ‘Red Pear Cherry (G2-2007)’
- Tomato ‘Red Zebra’
- Tomato ‘Berkeley Tie Dye Pink’
- Tomato ‘Pink Boar’
- Tomato ‘Yellow Pear’
- Tomato ’1884′
- Tomato ‘Hippy Zebra’
- Tomato ‘Sweet Carneros Pink’
- Tomato ‘Marvel Stripe’
- Tomato ‘Brandywine Red’
- Tomato ‘Vintage Wine’
- Tomato ‘Green Zebra’
- Tomato ‘Speckled Red Roma’
- Tomato ‘San Marzano’
- Tomato ‘Red Robin’ (Dwarf) – Thanks Megzzz
- Tomato ‘OSU Blue’ aka ‘P20′ – Thanks Megzzz

- Pepper (Mini Sweet Red from 99¢ Only Store)
- Pepper (Mini Sweet Orange from 99¢ Only Store)
- Pepper (Trader Joe’s Sweet Red Long)
- Pepper ‘Golden Marconi (G2-2010)’
- Pepper ‘Carmagnola Rossa (G3-2008)’
- Pepper (Red Bell from 99¢ Only Stores)
- Pepper ‘Garden Leader Monster Bell’

- Zinnia ‘Queen Red Lime’
- Zinnia (Fall 2005)
- Zinnia ‘Envy’

I didn’t realize how many different kinds of Tomatoes seeds I now have.

I happened to see a YouTube video where someone showed how to clone a pear tree. I’ve never thought of rooting fruit tree cuttings like Peaches, Pears, Apples, etc… I don’t know why I never thought of this… so I think I will try to root the remaining scions I have left and see if they will take root and grow… and maybe I can use them next year for grafting.

Has anyone rooted Peaches, Nectarine, Plums, Apricots, Pears and Apples from cuttings?