by angela@diggingbliss | May 19, 2006 | Uncategorized
(Raising fist to sky) Just when my tomato plants are looking fantastic after a good feeding and some warm weather, I start hearing words like “thunderstorms” and “temperatures dropping.” Was it because I was dissing coastal tomato growers? I...
by angela@diggingbliss | May 17, 2006 | Uncategorized
It’s the heat, ‘Stupice’ by Lynette Evans, S.F. Chronicle. “Wah, wah… we live in the sophistimicated urban wonderland that is the Bay Area, yet our home-grown tomatoes taste like paste wrapped in cardboard… wah, wah.” You...
by angela@diggingbliss | May 15, 2006 | Uncategorized
...
by angela@diggingbliss | May 15, 2006 | Uncategorized
I’d first purchased this as a cut flower, then ordered it from Easy to Grow Bulbs so I could try it in a pot. I really love the cantaloupe orange color and lantern-like flowers. So dainty! Sandersonia aurantiaca Common names: Chinese Lantern Lily, Christmas...
by angela@diggingbliss | May 15, 2006 | Uncategorized
Of the nine tomato varieties I planted this spring, ‘Lemon Boy’ was slain in a brutal snail attack and yesterday, ‘Copia’ lost half its limbs when a trellis I was moving fell on it like a guillotine. Doh! I hope it recovers. Who knew the life...
by angela@diggingbliss | May 14, 2006 | Uncategorized
Great article and a hint of what’s to come in her new book, Flower Confidential : The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers. Click here for the New York Times article. Here’s one ecologically aware florist you might want to try after...
by angela@diggingbliss | May 14, 2006 | Uncategorized
So far, my containerized tomatoes are winning the growth-rate race. The ones in containers are being spoiled with Black Gold Organic Potting Soil, while the in-ground plants are thinking, “Uh, Angela? When’s the last time you added compost to these beds?...
by angela@diggingbliss | May 14, 2006 | Uncategorized
What they looked like on planting day, April 27, and today, May 13. Growing...
by angela@diggingbliss | May 11, 2006 | Uncategorized
Rosa ‘Chicago Peace’ bearded iris ‘Mahogany’ nasturtium Million Bells (Calibrachoa) Million bells, nasturtium and...
by angela@diggingbliss | May 10, 2006 | Uncategorized
I didn’t protect my tomato plants from snails and slugs because they seemed preoccupied with my basil and peppers, but overnight my ‘Lemon Boy’ plant vanished. Snails, it appears, judging from the slimy beheaded plant left in the ground. Unless I see...
