From one epiphyllum leaf cutting grew…
I was feeling pretty cocky… until I was sent a photo of the mother plant. It looks more like the mother ship! Turns out my plant is just a gangly teenager.
Note to self
Buy these books.
South Central Farmers need help fighting developers
Another community garden… this one in south central L.A… needs our help.
Watch the short movie.
Visit the website: http://southcentralfarmers.com/
See the Los Angeles Times Article
Make a tax-deductible donation.
For God’s sake… help out… even if you’re only doing it to get Joan Baez to come down from the walnut tree.
No thunderstorms… just a gentle rain
My tomatoes are looking fantastic, thanks to a lucky shift in the weather and a little bit of TLC. I got them caged today using concrete reinforcing wire shaped into 18-20″ diameter cages. It’s reassuring to see plenty of flowers and immature fruit. Unlike last summer, I think this is going to be a great tomato season.
Went to POW Nursery the other day and got some great deals on one-gallon perennials to fill in some gaps in the garden. Home Depot has some nice stuff too. When I’m done shopping thriftily, I’ll head for my favorite nearby independent retail nurseries like Capital (Sunrise), Windmill and Bushnell’s.
Here are some quick and dirty pics of the plants I bought for filling in some gaps in my backyard beds. The campanula, sage, pretty pink million bells and lavender verbena are from POW. The ‘Peter Pan’ agapanthus is from HD. I think I bought one campanula, three sages, five million bells and five agapanthus. When I looked at my filled cart at POW, my overall impression of my selection was that I picked very girly colors. Go figure.
Why dost thou smite me, Tomato gods?
(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 guess I had it coming…
Hot tomatoes!
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 can’t have it all, ya big babies.
Just give up and go down to the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market and buy a sizzlingly delicious Valley-grown tomato.
You’ll also want to get this book.
Angela’s Stock Photography
