by angela@diggingbliss | Mar 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
In preparation for warm-season veggie gardening, I made two bean teepees… for my beans, of course. I added horizontal rows of twine for additional support. The teepees are open in front to allow for harvesting inside the teepee.
I was a little concerned about the beans casting shade on my greenhouse until I realized that by the time the beans reach the top of the teepee, the sun will be nearly overhead and the greenhouse probably won’t be in use since I mostly use it in Fall, Winter and Spring.
by angela@diggingbliss | Mar 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
I bid on and won two unrooted cuttings of ‘Slightly Sassy’ epiphyllum on ebay and was given ‘Ferris Wheel’ and another variety as a bonus. I’m finding more and more that ebay can be a great source for new and interesting plants. And “Epis” can be addicting. I started with an unrooted cutting of a red-flowering epi from a friend. It’s done very well and now I’m able to share it around. Yep, epis are addicting and epis are for sharing.
On the seed front, several flower varieties are germinating in the greenhouse. Pictured below are my nasturtium ‘Whirlybird Cherry Rose’ seedlings. Nasturtiums are so fun to germinate because they always seem to come up, the seeds are big and round and easy to plop into seed-starting mix, and they germinate very quickly. Whenever I start wondering if the seemingly microsopic seeds I planted simply blew away or are just taking their sweet time germinating, I just look at my nasturtiums for comfort. Good old dependable, visible-to-the-naked-eye nasturtiums…
by angela@diggingbliss | Mar 2, 2006 | Uncategorized
But could you do something about this wet ground?
by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
Here’s what I’d like to see… a Sacramento tomato trial that evaluates the best-tasting, highest-yielding heat-resistant tomatoes! Since fruit set is poor at temps above 90-95 degrees F, it seems like we should be looking more closely at varieties that don’t faint on a typical July or August day in Sacramento.
Several of the mid-season varieties sold by Tomato Growers Supply are said to fruit well under high heat conditions, including:
Solar Fire (New!)
Solar Set
Spitfire
Sunchaser
Sunleaper
Sunmaster
Anybody grown these locally? How productive are they and how do they taste?
by angela@diggingbliss | Feb 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
Looks fun! Learn more about this documentary in Amy Stewart’s blog entry, “Dirt: The Real Dirt on Farmer John”. You’ll want to queue it up on Netflix. I did.
