26 April 2013

I'm Digging Up My Baby Bamboo Shoot...

Sing the post title to the tune of "I'm bringing home my baby bumble bee...".  Add a huge amount of sheer glee, as we have germination and a baby Moso bamboo shoot (whom we shall call "Baby Boo #1")! Count them, just fifteen days to germination and ground break! Mind you, it's only a single seedling, but it lives! So exciting! I was expecting anywhere from a month...

23 April 2013

My Asparagus Corral

Variety: Mary Washington Heirloom Asparagus Sown: 8 APR 2013 Germinated 23 APR 2013 I thought these heirloom Mary Washington asparagus seeds would never give up the ghost! Really! I've never really known what asparagus looked like in the seedling stage, so it was definitely an interesting wait!  While I've had gardens since my early 20s, apparently asparagus...

15 April 2013

Guardian Gatos of the Seedlings

Our feline family members are strictly indoor cats (all are rescues or adopted from no kill shelters).  The two youngest door dart occasionally and become so frightened of actually being outside that we've never had a problem getting them the two steps back into the door. The oldest rescue we found starved, a mere skeleton, several years ago--she will absolutely...

09 April 2013

Moso Bamboo Propagation from Seed

*Whew* Hopefully, my desire for  a privacy screen in a pot will be worth the effort of propagating Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis / Phyllostachys pubescens) from seed.  While this has little to do with my organic pot garden, I shall share my results with anyone who can gain from them. Besides, bamboo shoots are edible! Delving into the sowing of...

06 April 2013

What Was I Thinking?

 It has been a while as I mentioned in the previous post--gardening, that is. Spring has sprung, right in my kitchen. Less than six days after sowing my seed, we've had amazing early germination, but also leggy seedlings that has resulted in reseeding and trying to light up the hyper running stems.  Lesson number two (number one was obvious, no?) was one of...

03 April 2013

Potted Colour Spot

I planned to do everything by seed where possible.  But every vegetable garden needs beneficial flowers for colour, variety, and companion and trap plants.  While I couldn't resist the instant gratification, at least something in here will be beneficial, haha.  Old habits die hard!   Wallflower - This died off within two weeks and is making a grand...

01 April 2013

About the (Organic) Contrary Pot Garden

 It's been years, oh yes, years (12 to be exact) since I have grown a vegetable garden. Being in Hawaii did not lend space nor time to tending veggies, especially with the vast number of legged and winged creatures that abound on island. Our house plants grew really awesome both inside and out and I will eternally miss my huge fanned white bird of paradise. Alas, I...