Long Commute + Dremel…

9:02am After driving more than 1.5 hours from Vallejo toward SF on I-80, I’m calling it quits and pulling over at El Cerrito and taking BART#

2:54pm Look what my boss let me borrow… a Dremel

Look what my boss let me borrow...

I’m planning on making a Orchid box like this j.mp/bdrcbz #

Orchid Wooden Pots + Chayote Progress + Coconut Orchid Goes to Work…

12:36am I need to do some research on Orchid Wooden Pots… I want to make some for my Masdevallia Orchids… #

6:19pm My Chayote at work has really sprouted!… It has about 7 branches with the tallest about 5 inches… j.mp/clf0rT #

Chayote Progress (March 1, 2010)

7:47pm Brought in my new Maxillaria tenuifolia (Coconut Orchid) to work today… I have to pass by OSH tonight and get some Orchid Mix. #

Vevo + Charice Remixers…

12:16pm Creating a video playlist on Vevo for the video display in our lobby at work… #

2:03pm Oh wow… Charice got some big name remixers for her new single: Barry Harris, Jonathan Peters and Dave Aude. iTunes: j.mp/9fW0Qo #

Gardening Update + Edible Broccoli Leaves?…

5:16pm Lemon Verbena is breaking dormancy and starting to leaf out… #

5:18pm The grafted Peach ‘Flavorcrest’ is starting to bloom… #

7:26pm Potted up my new White Chinese Ground Orchid into a one-gallon pot… #

7:47pm Are Broccoli leaves edible?.. We got a bunch of Broccoli with leaves from my cousin and the leaves look almost as good as Collard Greens… #

8:30pm Winter-sown Zinnia ‘Whirligig’ is already sprouting… #

[update]

turtleinashell from LiveJournal send me this link:
Broccoli Greens! on Daily Grocery Co-op

New Orchids + Wild Flowers + Swiss Chard Harvest…

11:52pm I purchased 5 Masdevallias: Masd. Red Panda, Masd. Huayna Picchu, Masd. Ruby Slippers ‘Baby’, Masd. Flying Colors & Masd. Tovarensis… #

New Orchids from POE 2010

11:53pm I also bought Maxillaria tenuifolia (Coconut Orchid), Bletilla striata var alba (White Chinese Ground Orchid) and Epidendrum Green Hornet#

12:10am Short orange flowers are in bloom along the freeway near El Cerrito. I think they are Wild Calendula or something similar. #

12:18am The hills along the freeways are really green with splotches of yellow from the Wild Mustard flowers. My Mom says the hills looks like maps. #

11:29pm Harvested some Swiss Chard (about 8 bigs leaves) from the garden and will try to dehydrate them like the Kale Chips#

Breaking News via Twitter & Facebook…

11:15am It’s weird how I now get breaking news via Twitter & Facebook. Like the 8.8 earthquake in Chile and Tsunami warning throughout the Pacific. #

@joeysplanting’s Tweets…

  • 01:09 Asian Plum ‘Elephant Heart’ and Peach ‘Sierra Blanca’ grafts are blooming… #
  • 01:10 Snap Peas are fruiting. I think I saw 4 young pods… #
  • 01:26 Did another late night snail and slug run, hand-picking them off my plants!… I really need to apply some Garden Safe Slug & Snail Bait… #
  • 11:02 I saw a flower pot in front of Raley’s with some Purple Kale and thought about Kale Chips :P #
  • 12:11 @megzzz At work, sometimes it’s not done until it’s final final final final… *frustrating* #
  • 12:13 Going to see tons of orchids at the Pacific Orchid Exposition & Sale at Fort Mason, San Francisco… Hope I don’t spend “too much”… #

@joelignacio’s Tweets…

  • 11:00 Five, Five Dollar, Five Dollar Foot Long… #
  • 11:02 I saw a flower pot in front of Raley’s with some Purple Kale and thought about Kale Chips :P #
  • 12:14 Going to see tons of orchids at the Pacific Orchid Exposition & Sale at Fort Mason, San Francisco… Hope I don’t spend “too much”… #
  • 17:48 Praying the Stations of the Cross at St. Vincent, Vallejo… #
  • 18:45 is Seafood Citying… #
  • 19:17 Squid is 2lbs/$1.00 at Seafood City… That’s cheap, isn’t it?… #
  • 20:15 is Burger Kinging… Tryin’ out the Cilantro Lime BK Big Fish… #