(The white flowers are garlic chives, we presume; and the purple ones are onion chives.)
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Escaped Chives
Myro and I went for a walk today, and found both onion and garlic chives growing in a ditch! I'm so tempted to steal the flowering garlic chives--our garlic chives have never once flowered--and onion chives, since we have none. But we're a little nervous about ticks in the grass, and also didn't have any shovels with us on our romantic evening walk. Here's a picture from his phone camera:
(The white flowers are garlic chives, we presume; and the purple ones are onion chives.)
(The white flowers are garlic chives, we presume; and the purple ones are onion chives.)
Gardening: week 6.5
It's been an exciting weekend! I didn't put my plants in the ground yet, as they're not yet accustomed to being outside--some are still getting sunburnt leaves, and I'm starting to lose hope for the sick zucchinis. But it is a time of anticipation and excitement!
The following photos are from 2 June.
My friend gave me two litchi tomatoes, and one has just blossomed! I think it's absolutely gorgeous!
I spent the afternoon digging in these stakes. I'm afraid they may not hold, so I may need to fasten them to the bed somehow--digging them in deeper is kind of out of the question. These are 10' 2x2s, buried about 1' into the ground. I'll have to come up with a way to secure them before I transplant the tomatoes!
If you think the stakes above are unreasonably optimistic, here's a photo from 7 Aug last year. Remember, the fence is about 6' tall; and that one plant, though it's hard to see because of the backlighting, is taller than the fence, while bent over itself. Some plants got over 8' tall last year, even after I let secondary shoots grow out.
I am SO FREAKING EXCITED for these radishes. I've never grown radishes before! *squee!* Lookit this one, bulging out of the soil slightly!! (Also: I freakin' LOVE my new camera!)
Radish plots:
Our neighbourhood has a sort of "adopt a planter" program. I e-mailed the neighbourhood community organisation and asked if I could adopt this abandoned one near my house, and if there were any guidelines to what I should plant. The reply:
The only potential problem: this pot has ABSOLUTELY NO SHADE WHATSOEVER. It's by a bus stop on a main road in this neighbourhood. So I put down some mulch, to help retain moisture; but I'm a little worried this guy may get sunburnt. I'll check up on him whenever I can, but I'm pretty confident. I'm also pretty confident that nobody will steal the tomato cage--though I'll be a bit disappointed if someone does.
The following photos are from 2 June.
My friend gave me two litchi tomatoes, and one has just blossomed! I think it's absolutely gorgeous!
I spent the afternoon digging in these stakes. I'm afraid they may not hold, so I may need to fasten them to the bed somehow--digging them in deeper is kind of out of the question. These are 10' 2x2s, buried about 1' into the ground. I'll have to come up with a way to secure them before I transplant the tomatoes!
If you think the stakes above are unreasonably optimistic, here's a photo from 7 Aug last year. Remember, the fence is about 6' tall; and that one plant, though it's hard to see because of the backlighting, is taller than the fence, while bent over itself. Some plants got over 8' tall last year, even after I let secondary shoots grow out.
I am SO FREAKING EXCITED for these radishes. I've never grown radishes before! *squee!* Lookit this one, bulging out of the soil slightly!! (Also: I freakin' LOVE my new camera!)
Radish plots:
Our neighbourhood has a sort of "adopt a planter" program. I e-mailed the neighbourhood community organisation and asked if I could adopt this abandoned one near my house, and if there were any guidelines to what I should plant. The reply:
There are no restrictions to what you can plant (except of course anything illegal - haha) so go ahead and get creative!SWEET! So I've planted a Purple Prince tomato, and some nasturtium seeds. When my plants get big enough, I'll also include basil, marigolds and maybe some onion chives, if I can get my hands on some (the ones we have are garlic chives, and have never flowered).
The only potential problem: this pot has ABSOLUTELY NO SHADE WHATSOEVER. It's by a bus stop on a main road in this neighbourhood. So I put down some mulch, to help retain moisture; but I'm a little worried this guy may get sunburnt. I'll check up on him whenever I can, but I'm pretty confident. I'm also pretty confident that nobody will steal the tomato cage--though I'll be a bit disappointed if someone does.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Gardening: week 6
26 May:
Zucchini flowers!
Litchi tomato flower buds:
Baby bunny is back! Watch him eat a dandelion!
Radishes: they're getting big! I planted more where the previous seeds failed to germinate. I also sowed the rest of the carrots. I'm not sure what I was thinking when I left those carrot spaces empty...
Broccoli from Canadian Tire:
Carrots and radishes:
I brought all my plants outside for some fresh air and fading sunlight. Hopefully they'll be ok overnight. I put up a net to keep birds out; hope it works!
Zucchini blossoms:
Litchi tomato blossom, almost ready to open:
Left: Purple coneflower seedling.
Right: Mom likes to take gai lan (Chinese broccoli) stems and soak them in water. They make flowers, which produce seed--though I don't think we've ever tried collecting and growing those seeds. Maybe that'll be a future project! I think the flowers are gorgeous. Can you believe those are vegetables?
Salad boxes germinating:
I think this viola is so sweet:
Happy gardening!
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