tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44155142587207712292024-03-23T03:34:27.303-07:00Going Off Da Grid, JaniceA learning journey of a city-slicker dreaming to live off of the land as much as possible, trying my hand at growing as much food as possible on a regular city plot. City Farm in the making with lots of pictures!AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.comBlogger467125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-8158775706641553882013-07-03T23:09:00.000-07:002013-07-03T23:09:06.039-07:00Moving the Blog to FacebookHi fellow gardeners and do-it-yourselfers! It's been a LOOOOONG while since I've posted!<br />
I have decided to move my thoughts onto a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GoingOffDaGridJanice" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> since I have maxed out the photo space limit on this blog.<br />
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I do hope you will follow me <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GoingOffDaGridJanice" target="_blank">there</a>!<br />
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Happy summer, and keep on growing, learning and sharing!<br />
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-JaniceAJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-42786352157961850132012-05-10T01:51:00.000-07:002012-05-10T01:55:13.379-07:00Garden Updates: May 10th, 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A little late, but since I was out of town, I didn't get to start the Cucurbits until this week.</div>
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This year we are growing "Kabocha" pumpkins, "Black Eel" zucchini, an unknown cantelope (seed saved from the farmer's market), "Thai Catchai" watermelon, "Japanese pickling" cucumbers, "Double Yield"cukes, Bitter Melon, yellow and green Pattypan squashes, Luffa, and Butternut Squash.</div>
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Here on the left, we have the "British Wonder" shelling peas coming to the end of it's season. On the right, we have "Japanese Nappa/Hakusai" cabbage going to seed. Most of it were eaten by the birds. (Share with nature!) but we save some under a veil and hope that next year's crop is a good one.</div>
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We are saving lots of seeds.</div>
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These are parsley seeds forming</div>
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Chayote starting to grow very vigorously</div>
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bulb onions after I've harvested all the carrots. There's one Lettuce left (front). These onions seemed to be doing nothing so far in terms of bulbing...sigh. The garlics are done and out they came out the next bed.</div>
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This year we have 3 varieties of sweet potatoes. The typical "Garnet Yam", the "Okinawan purple"(pictured here on the left), and a mysterious purple sweet potato with purple leaves which we just got from the swap this past Sunday. The purple one just "perked" up today. Sweet potato slips amaze me at their hardiness. I just planted it 3 days ago. It had no roots, and it was wilted when I planted it. Now it's not droopy anymore. The Okinawan was planted 5 days ago and it's already started growing!</div>
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The path that encircles the back of our fig tree. Here you see the cloud of orange Calendulas, some common sage, "African Blue" basil and in the foreground some camomile.</div>
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The fig tree has started growing it's fruit-buds. This is the normal cycle, but we've had some "out of season" fruiting these past 2 years.</div>
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These are the "out of season" figs. At this rate, they may mature by June. Normally, our figs ripen in August.</div>
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"Russian Black Plum Paste" tomatoes are growing!</div>
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In the "pond" area, Amaranth has decidedly won out in the competition between it and sesame. The sesame seedlings were voraciously eaten by snails. We thin out the Amaranth and eat them.</div>
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Next to the Amaranth we have Gobo(Edible Burdock). We're hoping to collect seeds this year.</div>
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Canna Edulis/Achira</div>
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Only one graft was successful on the peach tree in the back.</div>
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The "Goldmine" nectarine graft is growing well.</div>
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It turns out, the peach tree in the back is actually a nectarine tree. This is the fruit of the parent tree.</div>
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These loquats are pretty big! </div>
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Our mania. Rooting cuttings</div>
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This is our "Hugelkultur" test bed. We piled in lots of old rotting logs, layering them with manure, and covering it with soil and seeded it with vetch. We will try growing corn here first.</div>
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We're covering our Cabbage crop in the heat so they don't bolt</div>
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The peppers have flowers! The leaves are a bit yellow, and I did add some extra compost and worm tea, but maybe it needs something else?</div>
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Onto the front garden: The Haas avocados are growing steady</div>
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Lupini beans under the rosebush</div>
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"Alauria" our front yard peach tree has fruits!!!</div>
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"Kyohou" grapes are forming</div>
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Pineapple Guava blossoms, the petals are edible, and very tasty</div>
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African Blue Basil. The honey bees go crazy over these blooms</div>
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Mexican Primrose</div>
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Pelargoniums and Alstroemeria. The foreground leaves are Lemongrass. </div>
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Geraniums</div>
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Kalanchoes</div>
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Alstroemeria (salmon pink)</div>
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Day lily (these are edible too)</div>
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Elephant Head Amaranth</div>
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Periwinkle</div>
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Alstroemeria</div>
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Mango only had one flower cluster this year. :(</div>
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Blackberry blossoms, can't wait for juicy berries!</div>
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Not sure what this flower is, but the bees go nuts over it too.</div>
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a bouquet of amaryllis</div>
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Mom's pelargonium collection</div>
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Cosmos, Blue Basil and Purple Orach under the avocado tree</div>
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Fuji's apple blossoms. We trimmed both trees, but Akane is still pouting and hasn't really woken up yet, so let's see if Fuji will set fruit without a partner in bloom</div>
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Fever few</div>
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Cream California Poppies</div>
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The obscure persimmon flower. Our Fuyu perimmon has a lot of flowers this year. We hope we'll have more than last year, (which was 1 fruit!)</div>
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Tiny Thyme flowers</div>
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Reaching for the sky!</div>
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Scarlet Runner Bean gifted from a friend,</div>
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is already needing more room near the top of the pole!</div>
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Hi Everyone! It's been a good while, and I apologize for not posting sooner!</div>
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We went to visit my sister in Oahu to see our new nephew and to see our families both on my side and Tim's. Now, we're back! Here are some of the harvests from the past month. Please keep in mind, this is probably about 1/5 of our total harvest. We just can't keep up with everything that's coming in, plus I was gone, and my brother was helping me pick some strawberries that went straight to the freezer. I'll snap some Garden Updates pictures soon!</div>
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Here we have some beets, snow peas and strawberries</div>
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The upper left are "seri", lower left, carrots of course, and to the right, lettuce and baby amaranth.</div>
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Lots of strawberries and peas, tree collard greens, shungiku (edible chrysanthemum) and loquats</div>
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Our 1st Garlic harvest, along with baby carrots and potatoes!</div>
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<br /></div>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-46986563027250420822012-04-13T01:37:00.001-07:002012-04-13T01:50:17.191-07:00Garden Updates, April 13th, 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's flower-time and blooming is in full swing! I don't even know what these are called, we found them in a parking lot so we rooted them and now they are loving it here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we are in the front garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ZAibxqpUlK427G5nEXOiVfovU8s2RnlLKOCvJKFzrOc24CHxxYu5YZSwDsEpLnXP4zHbYnp0_XKzWrThsf65VA_fVeFXm1UHBW8yzzUbPKk9GgQRr0UyA_Z-1WCuN_AhbZEfJJ6xEk3J/s1600/IMG_1315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ZAibxqpUlK427G5nEXOiVfovU8s2RnlLKOCvJKFzrOc24CHxxYu5YZSwDsEpLnXP4zHbYnp0_XKzWrThsf65VA_fVeFXm1UHBW8yzzUbPKk9GgQRr0UyA_Z-1WCuN_AhbZEfJJ6xEk3J/s320/IMG_1315.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Alauria" our peach tree and the pink hollyhock singing in the sunshine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgrGWTmwEoTitITVCfwvgHTpzJpLI-0660w2wvd97S7vo2b291h-m6fXuEzOoVZDOvoAeDZ1SLVR7fgEdLuBkywHPeYgj79YYXgyiPfHWEoyMM2mqhkGzSP82-Cocfl53d0qhdn8MKeD3/s1600/IMG_1316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgrGWTmwEoTitITVCfwvgHTpzJpLI-0660w2wvd97S7vo2b291h-m6fXuEzOoVZDOvoAeDZ1SLVR7fgEdLuBkywHPeYgj79YYXgyiPfHWEoyMM2mqhkGzSP82-Cocfl53d0qhdn8MKeD3/s320/IMG_1316.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hello pinky-pie!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5Z6OudD_nkJSoTN6neWasZRqCCBA3wt8Pv308GBptN6wE8f9yT0kwwtSvW0_uyLbYzDgy0lLo8sfePxfWkALLmOb2c8QLPn8ArzBgAXypvkFAssENrJJM09OPVE4xaEf0W_tbdZJ04Jj/s1600/IMG_1317.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5Z6OudD_nkJSoTN6neWasZRqCCBA3wt8Pv308GBptN6wE8f9yT0kwwtSvW0_uyLbYzDgy0lLo8sfePxfWkALLmOb2c8QLPn8ArzBgAXypvkFAssENrJJM09OPVE4xaEf0W_tbdZJ04Jj/s320/IMG_1317.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> orange nasturtiums</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj091ZOQfs2rEXi5wJIY1cuT4citWsSt2yXZE_OUcIdK7Z59Ty0rkdGuTiCYGMEm0L5UL4MZXpxW2cidXfn07DX1Pjto7dPqz0UUYHzwxsJefucVK5GeOtbOQv3WMhX4_MZqrOYqR1myVOE/s1600/IMG_1318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj091ZOQfs2rEXi5wJIY1cuT4citWsSt2yXZE_OUcIdK7Z59Ty0rkdGuTiCYGMEm0L5UL4MZXpxW2cidXfn07DX1Pjto7dPqz0UUYHzwxsJefucVK5GeOtbOQv3WMhX4_MZqrOYqR1myVOE/s320/IMG_1318.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is a lupine, but a special one. The seeds are normally toxic due to strong alkaloids, but this is the lupini bean. You do still need to leach out the small amount of alkaloids, but it is edible and a popular "beer nut" in the mediterranean regions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9xbn01_SLV0tr8Yj8KRvbw_SDBoa54NicVhb856gLTv6em8eHOcpOTjOs69uaPlh3GU57vVZHmJyfKTL7ukJ_gWuoYl8t9Ipxh0zMG4h3GIPMfdG2oIPWANB_KT6neRoFW4lShuEDuUw/s1600/IMG_1325.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9xbn01_SLV0tr8Yj8KRvbw_SDBoa54NicVhb856gLTv6em8eHOcpOTjOs69uaPlh3GU57vVZHmJyfKTL7ukJ_gWuoYl8t9Ipxh0zMG4h3GIPMfdG2oIPWANB_KT6neRoFW4lShuEDuUw/s320/IMG_1325.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Strawberries happy to feel the sun. (under one of our apple trees)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRdOSpGSMgDgMd_6ehY8iBgzXQmWMV30MU349OCA1sgBYBbJXRUR1EoVN8sKEOYkIkYf_Z3u21vMeNSECcm2DD7_zaLyJG-uHGRIqW_2fPQfOHaHxVcYI5fR51AitGBHCV0KFTd62oCtX/s1600/IMG_1326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRdOSpGSMgDgMd_6ehY8iBgzXQmWMV30MU349OCA1sgBYBbJXRUR1EoVN8sKEOYkIkYf_Z3u21vMeNSECcm2DD7_zaLyJG-uHGRIqW_2fPQfOHaHxVcYI5fR51AitGBHCV0KFTd62oCtX/s320/IMG_1326.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Johnny Jump Ups under the Avocado tree. I just learned that they have properties that help reduce eczema. Isn't that neat? I love herbal remedies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmb7K-hQGGnNr-jvsmIvQQodgrAA9Q1oxjXKjHCl5vzvWIxJhq3rXcJubAzuZ6jPCIhe3qPn6LWx9aHPpgTqzX_x4vzfnfUWely0Q0F-5wk45vnqDgF1LLfQBfoN0_SEKzXdYaTRjsYqS/s1600/IMG_1328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmb7K-hQGGnNr-jvsmIvQQodgrAA9Q1oxjXKjHCl5vzvWIxJhq3rXcJubAzuZ6jPCIhe3qPn6LWx9aHPpgTqzX_x4vzfnfUWely0Q0F-5wk45vnqDgF1LLfQBfoN0_SEKzXdYaTRjsYqS/s320/IMG_1328.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Purple Orach are the magenta colored leaves. The pink Cosmos accent them. These are also under the avocado tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztII86BES3HVDWDoG_Zu7BBiiPDCowSh15R1jJbCYpY6906girl4YC0AhHW28KTkM7YmO0M2S4Fm2957qDfW5Fxd5OnRZIdhNX3TCHiVZObtFrD1Q1WJDhy2LhqDW-Bc5vIAdfirSgz9-/s1600/IMG_1329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztII86BES3HVDWDoG_Zu7BBiiPDCowSh15R1jJbCYpY6906girl4YC0AhHW28KTkM7YmO0M2S4Fm2957qDfW5Fxd5OnRZIdhNX3TCHiVZObtFrD1Q1WJDhy2LhqDW-Bc5vIAdfirSgz9-/s320/IMG_1329.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here are the baby avocados! (can you see them?)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our tree has been amazing with profuse flowering this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzv62bLwLXvLyWDkz9NGevgfSOF6lr_9NON14vyRFeDQYZyFraS8isLw1DDSDnjko3_itJ9Uj6N9wX0Xh_TwR1SINU97vv3Rcvt4PnuaRA_-BmghPoZju8n56sjYTXqnYJOb0EwiDiP7n/s1600/IMG_1333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzv62bLwLXvLyWDkz9NGevgfSOF6lr_9NON14vyRFeDQYZyFraS8isLw1DDSDnjko3_itJ9Uj6N9wX0Xh_TwR1SINU97vv3Rcvt4PnuaRA_-BmghPoZju8n56sjYTXqnYJOb0EwiDiP7n/s320/IMG_1333.JPG" width="215" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Kyohou grape vine has nearly 30 flower clusters.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We'll need to thin most of them out so we can produce large fruit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WB1bt7ySO_cIo9VLjHhA4c1gHbFU1qSTrWgAY8B_eamVc5T9z517OYpuwFfAh4eoqER09Wfy-Ed6FtXEqJdsX7myHpkSW_V3hS_zpa407r1ewuz3XCZnj3nCFhF3AaqGeP9X734vALqV/s1600/IMG_1334.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WB1bt7ySO_cIo9VLjHhA4c1gHbFU1qSTrWgAY8B_eamVc5T9z517OYpuwFfAh4eoqER09Wfy-Ed6FtXEqJdsX7myHpkSW_V3hS_zpa407r1ewuz3XCZnj3nCFhF3AaqGeP9X734vALqV/s320/IMG_1334.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy roses...makes my heart sing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8mtQ3IWd5CZPJNyPle8uPDXZPz6KZ-9b7gsrjWqwu6k4ZxcyUYzuGRoAfWsGdUibBsWCCidOqbsv2pZLkyehpb4_7pJ4vpjpwbtXnoyR7hHTKK540WykJjWLh73PU3B4lHL2_V75GVp6/s1600/IMG_1337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8mtQ3IWd5CZPJNyPle8uPDXZPz6KZ-9b7gsrjWqwu6k4ZxcyUYzuGRoAfWsGdUibBsWCCidOqbsv2pZLkyehpb4_7pJ4vpjpwbtXnoyR7hHTKK540WykJjWLh73PU3B4lHL2_V75GVp6/s320/IMG_1337.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Now, onto the back garden. Strawberries producing in the pots.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The in-ground berries in the front garden are smaller but tastier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBFTgm8w44VIxV0YnnDP4Qhig27sfSLEBUdIHh51eopK-M5Co04Wnht3TBM9kyQ5RoJkFWITy379-qXywLRUDwKD974hcX0s4IhL4TD8jY1GCYdJAIToFx6ekwX1LqQYBLXW78keP190y/s1600/IMG_1339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBFTgm8w44VIxV0YnnDP4Qhig27sfSLEBUdIHh51eopK-M5Co04Wnht3TBM9kyQ5RoJkFWITy379-qXywLRUDwKD974hcX0s4IhL4TD8jY1GCYdJAIToFx6ekwX1LqQYBLXW78keP190y/s320/IMG_1339.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> seed pods ripening from the Japanese Nappa Cabbage. I recently learned that the Chinese harvest the younger pods to eat just like you would snow peas. We tried it, and I liked it. Crunchy and sweet but with a hint of mustard undertones.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCG3ajicut-TxjTxaoz1sEVgxXthyNzD4KqU2xaGLbzOaUEGuwHheoiLI5Rr1V6Mi6BybcWmJllCOnfsv0Jiw4JW-WmPEz0wlm9iQRN9XDHTwh3iTrujn6v04nELnzn4G1qYoCoEYk1VK/s1600/IMG_1342.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCG3ajicut-TxjTxaoz1sEVgxXthyNzD4KqU2xaGLbzOaUEGuwHheoiLI5Rr1V6Mi6BybcWmJllCOnfsv0Jiw4JW-WmPEz0wlm9iQRN9XDHTwh3iTrujn6v04nELnzn4G1qYoCoEYk1VK/s320/IMG_1342.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Starting some seeds. Here, the Dill have popped up </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQb-c7OFX5J63Xt3pgFYfJ1A6CGb8v_tb8uGWSmUK2hlnyJ4W7zkeNb2fS7jm2E0oW3rth7Ip6tBQkLvvzhNVAaMNq6xztsyaqkaVsknl4d6Ce6i67c8Wy8r3ILh846j179PvhODTb834/s1600/IMG_1343.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQb-c7OFX5J63Xt3pgFYfJ1A6CGb8v_tb8uGWSmUK2hlnyJ4W7zkeNb2fS7jm2E0oW3rth7Ip6tBQkLvvzhNVAaMNq6xztsyaqkaVsknl4d6Ce6i67c8Wy8r3ILh846j179PvhODTb834/s320/IMG_1343.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Tomatoes are up and growing in the "greenhouse" too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJxOjfBGzwKMNLerkDkYBqOOe0b8f2g_yuGGAfs2xMRfoAUzW3jAQbvcLHe2IpxS0s60ZbEYdHkNYMF5lgEABVUTQ9puLsapIjKT4EdAz2zraX1Hdw9NK0EgaMXKRnPCqPE8FQxNW0ilp/s1600/IMG_1345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJxOjfBGzwKMNLerkDkYBqOOe0b8f2g_yuGGAfs2xMRfoAUzW3jAQbvcLHe2IpxS0s60ZbEYdHkNYMF5lgEABVUTQ9puLsapIjKT4EdAz2zraX1Hdw9NK0EgaMXKRnPCqPE8FQxNW0ilp/s320/IMG_1345.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> British Wonder Shelling Peas. We eat them both as peas and as snow peas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwBsyZmRu2xSAxUTsGpgUShJ-81q2QzptSO8rmsOt8Tu2-QCK8Rmc5yqysw43O_JWaYmBnMuZFWcqm5irE729OlQ-IzUEHlB87yBD6peJSUBddnqAjuem6ORSwYu-U3VlYnB2PqmW84ak/s1600/IMG_1349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwBsyZmRu2xSAxUTsGpgUShJ-81q2QzptSO8rmsOt8Tu2-QCK8Rmc5yqysw43O_JWaYmBnMuZFWcqm5irE729OlQ-IzUEHlB87yBD6peJSUBddnqAjuem6ORSwYu-U3VlYnB2PqmW84ak/s320/IMG_1349.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is my attempt to grow water chestnuts. I bought a pack of them at the Chinese market and planted them. Only 2 plants took. I hope they survive, so far they are barely hanging on. I've read they prefer boggy soil.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdo216O2jDRUSCjRq2GBptGuqCBO7ugyJibkgCOzQP-4TSmFareCKib905dyQgu6edYd1j5QFVtDa5lVnGiBN0VMZruOFXkXPqPlKC-0DJpIDypdrSbxNWrFBvZs0LhMky79Esg7a7hD7/s1600/IMG_1351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdo216O2jDRUSCjRq2GBptGuqCBO7ugyJibkgCOzQP-4TSmFareCKib905dyQgu6edYd1j5QFVtDa5lVnGiBN0VMZruOFXkXPqPlKC-0DJpIDypdrSbxNWrFBvZs0LhMky79Esg7a7hD7/s320/IMG_1351.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Our fig oddity. Whether it's the weather, or we've been rewarded for nourishing the fig tree so well, it is already cropping. Normally figs ripen starting in August.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPFHWDfo1zxT5oiW1SGySFfzbSxwLdsYkGzGc4zwCxK4QlzIaYEO0r6PCgwpVr9QH7ahJ6iyNCMavfQpjHJLUbKhCABHx9XP8nVBYqvjyjsXz89FaJXMqJ0KvO8QN4AIJQ4VGuZxrg3m5/s1600/IMG_1354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPFHWDfo1zxT5oiW1SGySFfzbSxwLdsYkGzGc4zwCxK4QlzIaYEO0r6PCgwpVr9QH7ahJ6iyNCMavfQpjHJLUbKhCABHx9XP8nVBYqvjyjsXz89FaJXMqJ0KvO8QN4AIJQ4VGuZxrg3m5/s320/IMG_1354.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Our dirty, little secrets. Ha! Compost bins and a worm bin under the orange and kumquat tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPmqKJche6ydQkovKQFZkrIx-NmIOEQnhx6VPFw9LSlkMjQOnXRe_mC5VmXvUvB1pYia2TNr73ELRu1LfRrMUFRgg6IPeqIpe2QpwmdOIamtmkouWRyKwWxb-mHmwSRFuoWjxpVRhtU6q/s1600/IMG_1356.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPmqKJche6ydQkovKQFZkrIx-NmIOEQnhx6VPFw9LSlkMjQOnXRe_mC5VmXvUvB1pYia2TNr73ELRu1LfRrMUFRgg6IPeqIpe2QpwmdOIamtmkouWRyKwWxb-mHmwSRFuoWjxpVRhtU6q/s320/IMG_1356.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Shiso (Japanese perilla)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg08U9ihijmCX7RBC4pZs70Yl8Kefckc89BI11J49dJ2o5aJH1YQ4HRdMd9X7DX-aEb1FKZXwaM8ZaUIX5ZupCoLCpuz1kHv5HIqD61doAQf6e2u4tbKQTlAnNTcVNnK8Ykd0VExVsgdSCt/s1600/IMG_1358.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg08U9ihijmCX7RBC4pZs70Yl8Kefckc89BI11J49dJ2o5aJH1YQ4HRdMd9X7DX-aEb1FKZXwaM8ZaUIX5ZupCoLCpuz1kHv5HIqD61doAQf6e2u4tbKQTlAnNTcVNnK8Ykd0VExVsgdSCt/s320/IMG_1358.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Nira (garlic chives)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9eEbw6ryCJbTuGhACieQPfwhpAsxyyalZQZh2OLgibEPB5YYl9GJfue1gYUbXAK0WrVJrWyb2BjatrVFz6_gkx-5mxBJVPdtvIpAvvKuORgGr-RZP5kKQpDr4EEVaqVg55qnCqBtnNyr/s1600/IMG_1359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9eEbw6ryCJbTuGhACieQPfwhpAsxyyalZQZh2OLgibEPB5YYl9GJfue1gYUbXAK0WrVJrWyb2BjatrVFz6_gkx-5mxBJVPdtvIpAvvKuORgGr-RZP5kKQpDr4EEVaqVg55qnCqBtnNyr/s320/IMG_1359.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Behind the nira are hundreds of baby Elephant Head Amaranth popping up. We seeded some sesame and raked them in and dusted with some peat moss, and I guess we had some Amaranth here last year and now those seeds are going strong! I'll have to thin a few out to make room for the sesame. We decided to seed with sesame to combat the root knot nematodes that are persistent in this specific spot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HHisYr3vYukfcOOaV4qiciRZsokr4BXyrFHIsz6An5bY3ICS7ctqDG4srW2cGGI-M7xdo5C-Ip816uKl6wVH0jXC92WtmRdtgwfhu0N6zoP6t8aQmYu2wYhTFjdh-qqmNx2f_gAyST-D/s1600/IMG_1361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HHisYr3vYukfcOOaV4qiciRZsokr4BXyrFHIsz6An5bY3ICS7ctqDG4srW2cGGI-M7xdo5C-Ip816uKl6wVH0jXC92WtmRdtgwfhu0N6zoP6t8aQmYu2wYhTFjdh-qqmNx2f_gAyST-D/s320/IMG_1361.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Sage</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhlO4SEL_9FEbisE9yNLiFIelnIPgS7r8nSCI0O5GTQEViD_vNa_kxlbYM6taikB3Ev07dfh0QT-MsudOqAQ0qH6iyWuHj6kstFxglH_Ni5hKSYND9hx11C9dbeI7XgjydgHNfDdVKTCC/s1600/IMG_1363.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhlO4SEL_9FEbisE9yNLiFIelnIPgS7r8nSCI0O5GTQEViD_vNa_kxlbYM6taikB3Ev07dfh0QT-MsudOqAQ0qH6iyWuHj6kstFxglH_Ni5hKSYND9hx11C9dbeI7XgjydgHNfDdVKTCC/s320/IMG_1363.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Alstroemeria (can you spot the honeybee?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxAikgLmRrlgtCQTvEhgTWkzKFg9w6mzy2WBVb1N9WYPaPiUw7geGDLkOBsNJHJcMq7u54QwNTukyPyzPMfNEKtozItlELcj1JGsE5E0MSbLq0WZXwGKLMpI9n2Ct2NMcTQaYGwksaTOB/s1600/IMG_1364.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxAikgLmRrlgtCQTvEhgTWkzKFg9w6mzy2WBVb1N9WYPaPiUw7geGDLkOBsNJHJcMq7u54QwNTukyPyzPMfNEKtozItlELcj1JGsE5E0MSbLq0WZXwGKLMpI9n2Ct2NMcTQaYGwksaTOB/s320/IMG_1364.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Aloe vera flowers in front of the purple and white flowers, "yesterday, today, tomorrow".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGsMtaYzGYcnXQ5v1RFElgDMgGV2yXlwwuZwuevlCBRFSFO1p6cH5Msts28Fs7fqmnQcXTKaPHAIdfEpBWdrsDzWPQogEFu2e6aMyu994UYR3INJlYgb4M9t3u33sns3cqNBtgL4uWJ5d/s1600/IMG_1365.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGsMtaYzGYcnXQ5v1RFElgDMgGV2yXlwwuZwuevlCBRFSFO1p6cH5Msts28Fs7fqmnQcXTKaPHAIdfEpBWdrsDzWPQogEFu2e6aMyu994UYR3INJlYgb4M9t3u33sns3cqNBtgL4uWJ5d/s320/IMG_1365.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Irises. Yes they are poisonous, but we just love them. Did you know there's a way to make perfume from these roots? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orris_root" target="_blank">Orris root</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufiKSmiBb11kqpNp5BPpb2uRN5J7df-1Qok_HxEIavFxyPbkVI8xPVn2ojkL0zVk4eodclTl9ZhiUrMXwM_vHIEuMfKjKPnJiKQKI0_KqMdY40WcBMY5gwF5E3xky4ztlXWLiMEEozgmj/s1600/IMG_1366.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufiKSmiBb11kqpNp5BPpb2uRN5J7df-1Qok_HxEIavFxyPbkVI8xPVn2ojkL0zVk4eodclTl9ZhiUrMXwM_vHIEuMfKjKPnJiKQKI0_KqMdY40WcBMY5gwF5E3xky4ztlXWLiMEEozgmj/s320/IMG_1366.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> White Sapote tree grown from seed. Let's see if it will fruit this year... It's in it's 3rd year now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYprqpNMMyky57T2wnSeKA6F9szxwnXkBBO9HJ7oHfKvj4WtjT6iDOwY2CtDcquWbJXCmGWdJEXRvDswFo2GJ5KM71OdjzjPK8GiNHdLy1qMCZIRTE7QsbMASArKPQtryHCqCBHVn2mJAz/s1600/IMG_1367.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYprqpNMMyky57T2wnSeKA6F9szxwnXkBBO9HJ7oHfKvj4WtjT6iDOwY2CtDcquWbJXCmGWdJEXRvDswFo2GJ5KM71OdjzjPK8GiNHdLy1qMCZIRTE7QsbMASArKPQtryHCqCBHVn2mJAz/s320/IMG_1367.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Loquats hanging heavily.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We use the <b style="text-decoration: underline;">OLD</b> leaves as a tea to treat common colds. Never use the young leaves as they have toxins in them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSAkxb826aYKwCGRGFf18HpL2geQ2Il0WLgfQRm4kgjOku3x8lzWio6Wl7f1ToRJCevyh1bH0To92y9wq86spWhuKaOt3rkmqA0pZaZV1wZmCtHcvWA3xa1eyWXrp5n6hu8aDcNmrfNV0/s1600/IMG_1368.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSAkxb826aYKwCGRGFf18HpL2geQ2Il0WLgfQRm4kgjOku3x8lzWio6Wl7f1ToRJCevyh1bH0To92y9wq86spWhuKaOt3rkmqA0pZaZV1wZmCtHcvWA3xa1eyWXrp5n6hu8aDcNmrfNV0/s320/IMG_1368.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-47321974918584917362012-04-13T00:57:00.000-07:002012-04-13T00:57:45.014-07:00Harvest Updates, Friday April 13, 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spring is here and so are the fruits!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Loquats and strawberries are filling us up again. The snow peas are crispy and sweet as well.<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGnpLTEaYD9gmztEKcqCofxiWSENUNyQmEESr1ApAlTqkLJUihFIj7gN-6ZJ1Ber3OcBvV8SbGf7VUWl9nIl20AvDOfOjb5-O_OZ0T6mVTIiWEti4fQwKbfr3xMkPB-6MPC6JNVHdw3f5/s320/IMG_1369.JPG" style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We still have plenty of lettuce coming in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe1g2o_sa_Gk4tZLWNSbZpPXYtzX1iKtbiGgIgyfTqbkqIAQh_Gv0za4ItE3DsvKYbUlNBroCCiiKyTQZ2gWV7TatzWE3zdA4C5Pu8pjzxPbqfUXg6e8NY0Tgfoq8dxtWn-ul-X6zr2D7/s1600/IMG_1279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe1g2o_sa_Gk4tZLWNSbZpPXYtzX1iKtbiGgIgyfTqbkqIAQh_Gv0za4ItE3DsvKYbUlNBroCCiiKyTQZ2gWV7TatzWE3zdA4C5Pu8pjzxPbqfUXg6e8NY0Tgfoq8dxtWn-ul-X6zr2D7/s320/IMG_1279.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Valencia oranges, unfortunately, these were quite sour since they were picked too early due to need for tree trimming.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGskvma589WHKB_iHWz4Nd9rQuA-XyR0uz5eJhZRFIOQXD7V5XkVFA00Y78xoPBhJgQMPUNVaa7QOqO0WYr-TUDF_Yqds0EZUwyqlEhEqZhESosiJmt1dJ8gsGoBh4ZXib482eFQ-ZoZEh/s1600/IMG_1283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGskvma589WHKB_iHWz4Nd9rQuA-XyR0uz5eJhZRFIOQXD7V5XkVFA00Y78xoPBhJgQMPUNVaa7QOqO0WYr-TUDF_Yqds0EZUwyqlEhEqZhESosiJmt1dJ8gsGoBh4ZXib482eFQ-ZoZEh/s320/IMG_1283.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spanish Black Radishes, has very antibacterial properties</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHzOW0SqaIpo6znesYle2CtkEGx02CgTIqspwsQSvinfkB5FVj85W3RdX9tF1O8I4OHLdZmXcCPka-9fs_C2B1q4jMdEOWNu3clHLTDWC0lP_qWGtkzcf90JOpNLbDY9ZgVE-L9gIUvAs/s1600/IMG_1340.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHzOW0SqaIpo6znesYle2CtkEGx02CgTIqspwsQSvinfkB5FVj85W3RdX9tF1O8I4OHLdZmXcCPka-9fs_C2B1q4jMdEOWNu3clHLTDWC0lP_qWGtkzcf90JOpNLbDY9ZgVE-L9gIUvAs/s320/IMG_1340.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">more snow peas</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1-KO35K2qPYm-LYQdeVsWwFvGHvBCm0qZ2phdCKIqj2fCQSo1xNT4foCdtNS2cDScT2b6Vca2mUY2zGf2YfpITFMs0h-_-lPnLmqfum9RrqCncsW-RqGAgbYo2zoFGUir3sn_gtWbgmz/s320/IMG_1280.JPG" style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">carrots</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoh_9bkaPLdqNQeHwjGQhFmigic6jhZUjOb2LMNtKgHLX82-ayANQeLsO0_Zml87szFRXPKORzD22lfqlcQnyPWJ8Ir5e85HbMlRKcK0UV0w5MI36GBJb1crebGVS1NOfnIAwiLVjXxYci/s1600/IMG_1285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoh_9bkaPLdqNQeHwjGQhFmigic6jhZUjOb2LMNtKgHLX82-ayANQeLsO0_Zml87szFRXPKORzD22lfqlcQnyPWJ8Ir5e85HbMlRKcK0UV0w5MI36GBJb1crebGVS1NOfnIAwiLVjXxYci/s320/IMG_1285.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-35542238329523816092012-04-13T00:02:00.001-07:002012-04-13T00:08:47.763-07:00Testing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm challenging myself to figure out how to go around picasa's photo upload limit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope this works</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-lDFKRZBuQwZ4ZZGcB1PrEAP_lVpXVvpXIWOZKQgFBdIT46mbGhNeLJ507iwFp6qeegeMbWmJbVpksTC_s3QTbQVG351BRqJicGbE56qa5IDA7AGMO5xmDh1C2Fxfc1aKvxw7pumHGA7/s1600/IMG_1312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-lDFKRZBuQwZ4ZZGcB1PrEAP_lVpXVvpXIWOZKQgFBdIT46mbGhNeLJ507iwFp6qeegeMbWmJbVpksTC_s3QTbQVG351BRqJicGbE56qa5IDA7AGMO5xmDh1C2Fxfc1aKvxw7pumHGA7/s320/IMG_1312.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">btw, isn't this strawberry HUGE?</div>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-65219019584106132852012-03-28T21:57:00.002-07:002012-03-28T23:43:59.665-07:00Announcing "RIPE West Covina"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm VERY excited to announce:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://west-covina.ripecommunities.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/RIPE_WestCovina_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://west-covina.ripecommunities.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/RIPE_WestCovina_02.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h4><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://west-covina.ripecommunities.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>west-covina.ripecommunities<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>.com/</a></span></h4><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>http://www.facebook.com/RipeWestCovina/</b></span></div><h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 10px; text-align: left;">RIPE stands for :</span></span></h4><h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;">Residential</span></span></h4><h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In-season<br />
Produce<br />
Exchange of<br />
West Covina</span></h4><h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
Who are we and what do we do?<br />
We’re your neighbors who have extra produce to share & trade.<br />
We’ll also have workshops on Gardening and other Earth<br />
Stewarship Skills later on as our group grows<br />
</span></h4><h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What will you do?<br />
Bring your extra fruits & veggies to trade and meet some great neighbors!<br />
Local and organic produce swap with your community.<br />
Network and trade ideas and goodies!<br />
<a href="http://west-covina.ripecommunities.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><br />
</a>Invite your friends and neighbors who grow veggies and fruits and join in the fun!</span></h4>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-19344084284389862772012-03-20T23:33:00.000-07:002012-03-20T23:33:09.949-07:00Garden Updates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Spring! Spring has definitely sprung here in SoCal. Here's a snapshot of our back raised beds. The fig tree is vigorously leafing out and has already started fruiting. This is actually a very unusual thing for our fig tree. Last year it had 2 fruits that came out with the new, spring growth, this year we seem to have at least a dozen. Normally, fig trees will spout their leaves first, then the fig "flowers" come later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5KHlvw98REgHKjUUGYSQZeoKHr0cKkdPfC5e-JHs6TuFw6KBmAB1L09SAJ3g9KpnjW8JmqpmY1lAt2UjcN9sAWryowGo0guqRQDhiMidm0E1BYPMWQe3O-sBeRrh_P0zjb8vlieoNZ5h/s1600/IMG_1241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5KHlvw98REgHKjUUGYSQZeoKHr0cKkdPfC5e-JHs6TuFw6KBmAB1L09SAJ3g9KpnjW8JmqpmY1lAt2UjcN9sAWryowGo0guqRQDhiMidm0E1BYPMWQe3O-sBeRrh_P0zjb8vlieoNZ5h/s320/IMG_1241.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here's the "pond" I dug out most of the burdock except a few so we can hopefully get the burdocks to flower, then set seed. I seeded the rest of that back(left side in this pic) with sesame seeds since we found quite a bit of root-knot nematode infestation. I also sprayed a generous amount of Dragonfire SPP in that area as well. I will be growing marigolds there just to top it off and hopefully get rid of most of them. This "pond" soil is VERY sandy since the soil was brought in to fill the hole. Root-knot nematodes love sandy soils.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQAJ92c8_w6zzzT8reWRN3KDmtOzDzwBAXBdzXqPZiJa3Mg71viNAqhWF-CYU5Xeut1-IgvQhFtcqYok2zhaRSNpGKwD_j5yX0bOd1sIBqU4QX3ICMhpWyPCVdzIh81M6SnGlgl2o-29e/s1600/IMG_1242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQAJ92c8_w6zzzT8reWRN3KDmtOzDzwBAXBdzXqPZiJa3Mg71viNAqhWF-CYU5Xeut1-IgvQhFtcqYok2zhaRSNpGKwD_j5yX0bOd1sIBqU4QX3ICMhpWyPCVdzIh81M6SnGlgl2o-29e/s320/IMG_1242.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Clivia under the Navel Orange tree is in full bloom!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYRRIYi5fZOF1EMU_l-7fGDXMhuf5LhKBvI1f7-ghC8g_kuVpar-ym4IN35uPNdMF0vDOajRQ4eIznp5oaTv8ncoCC7SUTq70gZaHyouKvFZ44DKpePmfuTCjFDg6fLzibl3TTvY-FUcv/s1600/IMG_1244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYRRIYi5fZOF1EMU_l-7fGDXMhuf5LhKBvI1f7-ghC8g_kuVpar-ym4IN35uPNdMF0vDOajRQ4eIznp5oaTv8ncoCC7SUTq70gZaHyouKvFZ44DKpePmfuTCjFDg6fLzibl3TTvY-FUcv/s320/IMG_1244.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Valencia Orange tree in bloom</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcvfYMDk3Es2CIGIdc-Jb0qMfJAFPXDN9ss2gJg77GaSMy4qHodIX4LsXeNqyHl83El2oyYlva71nxJjLEFuYIzkGQ8jemEV_t_jiadqbxRnpWYjBnmxZOWFXhDWbEtQlBQsuZ0PHTivIk/s1600/IMG_1247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcvfYMDk3Es2CIGIdc-Jb0qMfJAFPXDN9ss2gJg77GaSMy4qHodIX4LsXeNqyHl83El2oyYlva71nxJjLEFuYIzkGQ8jemEV_t_jiadqbxRnpWYjBnmxZOWFXhDWbEtQlBQsuZ0PHTivIk/s320/IMG_1247.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Columbine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3vnigscxkqTWj2-wv30pxAEIntpP9kvVOsdH2Wz4bgruTIClopsNjoxver9ef19DWEdMygG6YVJMj4S1pIrSUsIRRqelNJVzz2cfht9A6DbxBZ36lEyHtOAaZhSvC5Of2hO8b3fUoVlaX/s1600/IMG_1250.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3vnigscxkqTWj2-wv30pxAEIntpP9kvVOsdH2Wz4bgruTIClopsNjoxver9ef19DWEdMygG6YVJMj4S1pIrSUsIRRqelNJVzz2cfht9A6DbxBZ36lEyHtOAaZhSvC5Of2hO8b3fUoVlaX/s320/IMG_1250.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Lori sitting by the white, delicate Azaleas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wRMqqIxA8HbtMugSiDns-VKREBH0V4MVSlZxhyZrjOHghDseQbFmmzpFhIaWuIFLWKYP4qy4I7-ZnjU6tbqFz4gw2_LUPOx8QdWRufmBM6zzgxduqVEK8OUt-6sjH-QZ7p3BL4ULm4L0/s1600/IMG_1252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wRMqqIxA8HbtMugSiDns-VKREBH0V4MVSlZxhyZrjOHghDseQbFmmzpFhIaWuIFLWKYP4qy4I7-ZnjU6tbqFz4gw2_LUPOx8QdWRufmBM6zzgxduqVEK8OUt-6sjH-QZ7p3BL4ULm4L0/s320/IMG_1252.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Freesias in a pot next to the raised bed of lettuces</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnAvdEQqAaDBjKeNfQo_pGWlHBXyU6RHymAx2VPUBE3U0rLwkUvUdBQ94uiTFOKAF1zP_xFAHxm1rcrXiz9znLU3iNljI4p7NcLlMB0P7iTivMhpAeRoFvFXRIKL4V_DipIXp2hqx6HrR/s1600/IMG_1255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnAvdEQqAaDBjKeNfQo_pGWlHBXyU6RHymAx2VPUBE3U0rLwkUvUdBQ94uiTFOKAF1zP_xFAHxm1rcrXiz9znLU3iNljI4p7NcLlMB0P7iTivMhpAeRoFvFXRIKL4V_DipIXp2hqx6HrR/s320/IMG_1255.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here are the lettuces, tender and enjoying the day after the rains</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEbpDjSIlv0QlV-RaRWuMzZ7q8fh2psyyBNhBJvVAbbrh4FFs4RXgozpnxgYbsHCef8htajgGCvVxWo6WuS3oiI0yYCyJ7Dm6VAsSIDoYw75sRmme8s6ggxC0Ulk5iWwQ92INo5Ryl0Bz/s1600/IMG_1257.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEbpDjSIlv0QlV-RaRWuMzZ7q8fh2psyyBNhBJvVAbbrh4FFs4RXgozpnxgYbsHCef8htajgGCvVxWo6WuS3oiI0yYCyJ7Dm6VAsSIDoYw75sRmme8s6ggxC0Ulk5iWwQ92INo5Ryl0Bz/s320/IMG_1257.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This area will end up having 2 more raised beds, but for now, we have soil mixed with compost for potting. I also have a few stray plants that have decided that it's a great place to live. (Potatoes, black radish, spinach and a few strawberry plants)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieMml2H9zulvtYRqiWkkn5X2hZ3jsNSRfrCO1YOYDAGbWSzj1uZuZHG00RnXLINejU8vXkASWTe-IiYbnXTNZn-4reQDx3uoEeFNptAL2C_royqzhK7YSsmvPZ8Qack6HblXFXI0aWfE7/s1600/IMG_1258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieMml2H9zulvtYRqiWkkn5X2hZ3jsNSRfrCO1YOYDAGbWSzj1uZuZHG00RnXLINejU8vXkASWTe-IiYbnXTNZn-4reQDx3uoEeFNptAL2C_royqzhK7YSsmvPZ8Qack6HblXFXI0aWfE7/s320/IMG_1258.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Starting the Solanaceae and the Apiaceae families in the "green house". I'm also starting the peppers and eggplants. I have a special trick I'm trying this year. Placing the seeds in a ziplock bag with a moistened, paper napkin, then closing the bag and taping it to the back of my iMac. (constantly warm behind there!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNf88AtU4b3qrLHyVJMreHkyj5S971RLNyV6l8NnpfgNLXFY1JzswUCLbxxAOdG5Gbp9mG8ih5LsCTjUl_bVJgmWaVMR2Y1g-WuBOS2ysxh7Iq9Vy1Ipdj5i8PI212lgfDr8RBSsEx4uyr/s1600/IMG_1259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNf88AtU4b3qrLHyVJMreHkyj5S971RLNyV6l8NnpfgNLXFY1JzswUCLbxxAOdG5Gbp9mG8ih5LsCTjUl_bVJgmWaVMR2Y1g-WuBOS2ysxh7Iq9Vy1Ipdj5i8PI212lgfDr8RBSsEx4uyr/s320/IMG_1259.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Now, onto the front garden: Red roses in full bloom!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLvZ3Pv52_vEmqFPFzb9vaiCF85G4k7PgRnazp9Jssoslxu7kisu9Ky7k_dtzce0Ksf9KoQy3fuhKMfgoh4kUopzH8Uabr1zTLQvKTXSw_AXp7YbKxwnYGUF1n9a6mj2Tq44ECsA6LMfp/s1600/IMG_1261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLvZ3Pv52_vEmqFPFzb9vaiCF85G4k7PgRnazp9Jssoslxu7kisu9Ky7k_dtzce0Ksf9KoQy3fuhKMfgoh4kUopzH8Uabr1zTLQvKTXSw_AXp7YbKxwnYGUF1n9a6mj2Tq44ECsA6LMfp/s320/IMG_1261.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Kyohou grape has broken dormancy and is happily climbing towards the top. It looks like it has a good number of flower clusters too. :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDmsxp1QVrvS-yT75AhhptZnwybu9XONmDm2xM0UfYDAoVOL3HQTUYupI64QbbUHJpI-SOipIOV6OdxxVdDg-6SKj00EXSmzCu6QFrFi1YPVbMc48iHQKSnYZuUopb6wB0AA8pajnxgMX/s1600/IMG_1264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDmsxp1QVrvS-yT75AhhptZnwybu9XONmDm2xM0UfYDAoVOL3HQTUYupI64QbbUHJpI-SOipIOV6OdxxVdDg-6SKj00EXSmzCu6QFrFi1YPVbMc48iHQKSnYZuUopb6wB0AA8pajnxgMX/s320/IMG_1264.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Pansies and edible Lupines (Lupini) under the persimmon tree</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2AH4UPouRXM2AYexYxNt5z2Rn4f0-FJm6nRmxGtpR53ChrCAS1_eQ20hYsGqR-f1MBhe3bfMY0gRbKOlk7MMTvW09dbvwotpTUU568XmcRK_tW35ii1Hf5ShUJoBwPNLJhMtobgED28U/s1600/IMG_1265.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2AH4UPouRXM2AYexYxNt5z2Rn4f0-FJm6nRmxGtpR53ChrCAS1_eQ20hYsGqR-f1MBhe3bfMY0gRbKOlk7MMTvW09dbvwotpTUU568XmcRK_tW35ii1Hf5ShUJoBwPNLJhMtobgED28U/s320/IMG_1265.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the divide between the neighbor and our property. It's been widened from about 1 ft to nearly 3ft wide over the winter and gated off so the animals don't do their "business" there. We have broad-beans, peas, cosmos, asparagus, and nasturtiums planted here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDif4fEKSi-jlQ0QWSV_0W38H8ve4OuW7JC7HhrlRY5Xr-jN8qnIW1Y8IB7JkpNCd2e0oZ3vicFjmoEcRCt-PPHZf1f0m-EcuTAKW1z9wLMmZrQ63AlHv49p5ZfowcdnmCpiGlHAn9h9Dj/s1600/IMG_1269.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDif4fEKSi-jlQ0QWSV_0W38H8ve4OuW7JC7HhrlRY5Xr-jN8qnIW1Y8IB7JkpNCd2e0oZ3vicFjmoEcRCt-PPHZf1f0m-EcuTAKW1z9wLMmZrQ63AlHv49p5ZfowcdnmCpiGlHAn9h9Dj/s320/IMG_1269.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">close-up on the broad-beans (fava)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4peJQGY5JsDi-80XzwceUcHtpDZ_StY7zeLifSgaF-cjVfm7abLTWqWLAINyiF_fpFWfURr92Ey12EGq0Td5B_A_vUqPhJlI0Iiz0gix65ySW7DK5SpcflG4juhJgSvSXNRnsnQk0z4f/s1600/IMG_1266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4peJQGY5JsDi-80XzwceUcHtpDZ_StY7zeLifSgaF-cjVfm7abLTWqWLAINyiF_fpFWfURr92Ey12EGq0Td5B_A_vUqPhJlI0Iiz0gix65ySW7DK5SpcflG4juhJgSvSXNRnsnQk0z4f/s320/IMG_1266.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Close-up on the peas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdncRTs1v1wBwsLk6yPFuSWDa141BlygqU0jAfluZ3IrDPuSck-wJEFqumR2jv6Y6FFy1cqUWpfmwEb9ZIxJZosZfaCAWGOIrwKvjUczi3oKiBP8d4v2TwYH8xdqNGnahYj7Dt7cBnZvo/s1600/IMG_1267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdncRTs1v1wBwsLk6yPFuSWDa141BlygqU0jAfluZ3IrDPuSck-wJEFqumR2jv6Y6FFy1cqUWpfmwEb9ZIxJZosZfaCAWGOIrwKvjUczi3oKiBP8d4v2TwYH8xdqNGnahYj7Dt7cBnZvo/s320/IMG_1267.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here is the view of it from the other end. We placed some stepping stones inside so we can tend to the plants. On the right side of the stepping stones is "Alauria" the peach tree. She has flower buds for the very first time!!! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7x8-xuxtoG1uh0ieVWSiGaKrZtxpRlGGIyzB63TNPnuHXLttJNoPgEaLJ9uqbDjhmi6WFMhJJH_NlIoOVVA_ZNGtrwEdCLOgAZ3JzSyQ2chXh-4M386jU3Wf6dAp79gSv8NdXMsVlJAZ/s1600/IMG_1270.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7x8-xuxtoG1uh0ieVWSiGaKrZtxpRlGGIyzB63TNPnuHXLttJNoPgEaLJ9uqbDjhmi6WFMhJJH_NlIoOVVA_ZNGtrwEdCLOgAZ3JzSyQ2chXh-4M386jU3Wf6dAp79gSv8NdXMsVlJAZ/s320/IMG_1270.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Our ornamentals</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv-M6207HPMm4RoQGilEoIlvw1To7BTsUMZNgYRJNnZjNZIjdDKtUQVDZqBK6ZmkwVxMZ5XjTrJqpHrZgTanJ5_2t1sUjrgTmLbyNXF3ldkQpFAUMxDpIaB3RXVKXi36delPMXIy4HV-f/s1600/IMG_1271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv-M6207HPMm4RoQGilEoIlvw1To7BTsUMZNgYRJNnZjNZIjdDKtUQVDZqBK6ZmkwVxMZ5XjTrJqpHrZgTanJ5_2t1sUjrgTmLbyNXF3ldkQpFAUMxDpIaB3RXVKXi36delPMXIy4HV-f/s320/IMG_1271.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Apple: Fuji always seems to wake up sooner than Akane.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6u7RUPE8rlwDmwnDUmVCev1x50Rln56x5qGHrjgy30MpvxDUGmkFH6hAVvu4mpmO7CP9l-v3a1TX1kYQTsdoHhW4GkZqCmRbi5FDUrTPRUD6xryszONf2KZzt5VEz_Ydwi4HwlqMgCpb/s1600/IMG_1272.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6u7RUPE8rlwDmwnDUmVCev1x50Rln56x5qGHrjgy30MpvxDUGmkFH6hAVvu4mpmO7CP9l-v3a1TX1kYQTsdoHhW4GkZqCmRbi5FDUrTPRUD6xryszONf2KZzt5VEz_Ydwi4HwlqMgCpb/s320/IMG_1272.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Japanese Maple in front of Plumeria</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC9PwG3DTRmTcp1oSn8BzIbEoINZ1A7aER4tQs0vAmByW6n3mIQH6UFuYLtxstpR2VoorDMC1o20zPI3t4ANCtk261yPPxVxa-kz7dfJO4bowP08QOQlv3AYWIAJXCVQnRKjhNGWKDAE6O/s1600/IMG_1273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC9PwG3DTRmTcp1oSn8BzIbEoINZ1A7aER4tQs0vAmByW6n3mIQH6UFuYLtxstpR2VoorDMC1o20zPI3t4ANCtk261yPPxVxa-kz7dfJO4bowP08QOQlv3AYWIAJXCVQnRKjhNGWKDAE6O/s320/IMG_1273.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Delicate, yellow, thornless rose vine; A cutting was given to us from our neighbor and mom has grown in to 6 ft in height now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGRrqQC-lidWHaYdyGn7ldsdCqJ8r3zzc1NdAkzOX9lPjD6_oIU0byyjtNiDA_y5Hs2Z-_lr00ZK9waDaNwT0o5dnwWzPioulAbUxX6P1eTMZn127eNqWbaCDNdsa47vO1ADQUcccKEYg/s1600/IMG_1274.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGRrqQC-lidWHaYdyGn7ldsdCqJ8r3zzc1NdAkzOX9lPjD6_oIU0byyjtNiDA_y5Hs2Z-_lr00ZK9waDaNwT0o5dnwWzPioulAbUxX6P1eTMZn127eNqWbaCDNdsa47vO1ADQUcccKEYg/s320/IMG_1274.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-34287567925701766972012-03-19T21:38:00.000-07:002012-03-19T21:38:59.632-07:00Harvest Updates, Monday March 19th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Spring Equinox! I apologize for my absence, life is just sooo busy!! Between spring planting, harvesting, spring cleaning, homeschooling and working freelance projects, I hardly have time to post, let alone sleep sometimes! Here are our most recent harvests. Enjoy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Orange Calendulas, green onions, baby carrots, Valencia orange, lettuces, blue basil and strawberries</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1j_LQ080rx8e4fL2ENohGirzIZpkOFH5u9EC9z7nkMjRytYJYDXuOpBda7_gk3etWYrfjK7NkSA70yYus1KyRR60Gdzd7Y-THetIrH3HX3d5Hx3E7s9ARbfNfdApvtU-h_mabdZfNt6WB/s1600/IMG_1216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1j_LQ080rx8e4fL2ENohGirzIZpkOFH5u9EC9z7nkMjRytYJYDXuOpBda7_gk3etWYrfjK7NkSA70yYus1KyRR60Gdzd7Y-THetIrH3HX3d5Hx3E7s9ARbfNfdApvtU-h_mabdZfNt6WB/s320/IMG_1216.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A small harvest of potatoes from the Russets that survived the frost-kill.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrU2CibJBPbeqHYBM6icyOOiPU8VH7_XGv6qGRlKtdpBlnGKh3Wg4ntMTdC-uhn_VPo8L42jiF6oMPNE378pPPQ4TcKCs3_66kdBCQQDTZa-bmD6Pg4eC6Geal8GMOFBISCj9g1GjuqTzA/s1600/IMG_1225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrU2CibJBPbeqHYBM6icyOOiPU8VH7_XGv6qGRlKtdpBlnGKh3Wg4ntMTdC-uhn_VPo8L42jiF6oMPNE378pPPQ4TcKCs3_66kdBCQQDTZa-bmD6Pg4eC6Geal8GMOFBISCj9g1GjuqTzA/s320/IMG_1225.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> These 1/2 dozen eggs and Kafir Lime leaves were a lovely exchange for some of our romaine lettuce, new zealand spinach, and blackberry canes that Tim had dug up. I'd say this was a VERY excellent exchange. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLmPWwPXey6fZIHRQu_ddc5R31wB8QREhMjaQY0oqmKsokuY4y5FrSj59dEGhFXwDSlX1T_gd0s5yqBsGt_6ZTOHmNgO5U-CawPVoOUjqwHlas_7t8Y5jZHC2hVsRlxikRGIGto0EwA6P/s1600/IMG_1233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLmPWwPXey6fZIHRQu_ddc5R31wB8QREhMjaQY0oqmKsokuY4y5FrSj59dEGhFXwDSlX1T_gd0s5yqBsGt_6ZTOHmNgO5U-CawPVoOUjqwHlas_7t8Y5jZHC2hVsRlxikRGIGto0EwA6P/s320/IMG_1233.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This bag of key limes was an exchange for blackberry canes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLFM75VTZqIGQq16j3DoF3qhpAcR4bc-6mo-eUmA5IttUFRqeNRADdoza67mKaPmPWbBT8aZdIlf002JhKUNcNRzLHrUz9xYiao4_BhURKtr0F87tnKlG94cbWTDTzrzNYVqMaiS2igtL/s1600/IMG_1235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLFM75VTZqIGQq16j3DoF3qhpAcR4bc-6mo-eUmA5IttUFRqeNRADdoza67mKaPmPWbBT8aZdIlf002JhKUNcNRzLHrUz9xYiao4_BhURKtr0F87tnKlG94cbWTDTzrzNYVqMaiS2igtL/s320/IMG_1235.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you see a green "cookie monster"? I sure do!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUFIld7WBhYduR64GJE84vmebEh4z0nC75ZGWee8gyYOCh64QWtcZfIlZZ4yCokoJMwItNlB9H4goCJO4_q5aRe1QeeaukPZYZyfMdhrz8v4U6MMf97BFEadBNGSPm2gUkOYqUCwNTjuX/s1600/IMG_1185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUFIld7WBhYduR64GJE84vmebEh4z0nC75ZGWee8gyYOCh64QWtcZfIlZZ4yCokoJMwItNlB9H4goCJO4_q5aRe1QeeaukPZYZyfMdhrz8v4U6MMf97BFEadBNGSPm2gUkOYqUCwNTjuX/s320/IMG_1185.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Yu mai tsai (Chinese Lettuce), bunch onions, bok choi and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yomogi" target="_blank">yomogi</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyA6L6h-QWc4DBNYk0ZK2YPwpzePhrB0On-FVa6zxRL373U2JrZp5xpbD9H1dvYiGFH_3JpfuxzqJiz8vS_TJn0jTRcxNq7Tk5_xvUAFpVXb2KD68Nh2QAGm9-bHFTxr7oomexZ7ZqV4z/s1600/IMG_1195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tOUm8hFXmv2EyuZp0vEDHXP9q5r_Q_UswgBcfdjh3YMfW1rl6-Ca4QTiwTEOLlNKWJUROOOAAy5TH_JmJhRSPStn-jycxm4u_k7MvibW4b0i-mirDDHgM-FLh_-taw5rGtuPmjjXfTKp/s320/IMG_1215.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dug the rest of the Russet Potatoes that survived the frost</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoe-1rkgCSCU7W-G0gwDkyhUK7TyJXtX_pJ28gAvZOhseQ8fb2T1K3tjWAm4RwjixpRzTX-49kDtuyJt-whMhI_aG9kprvwyAODZnK_htA63Z2W5LPRCXMyhXWOjn4zDdwI-4fJVL1JxL/s1600/IMG_1232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoe-1rkgCSCU7W-G0gwDkyhUK7TyJXtX_pJ28gAvZOhseQ8fb2T1K3tjWAm4RwjixpRzTX-49kDtuyJt-whMhI_aG9kprvwyAODZnK_htA63Z2W5LPRCXMyhXWOjn4zDdwI-4fJVL1JxL/s320/IMG_1232.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> More Lettuce!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKuDwSb7cPfegk_o51CzBxD26XEGZ0y0XNtu5z3EBONBdK43HAwzQs2ifaqfEyVJzjmU4imghNAEVlg4uc8-6aFakPZ1so81aOFOcw_CNmA2dnPpRI5CS6rslT4tsIMBAt9gZg7kDsKmv/s1600/IMG_1223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKuDwSb7cPfegk_o51CzBxD26XEGZ0y0XNtu5z3EBONBdK43HAwzQs2ifaqfEyVJzjmU4imghNAEVlg4uc8-6aFakPZ1so81aOFOcw_CNmA2dnPpRI5CS6rslT4tsIMBAt9gZg7kDsKmv/s320/IMG_1223.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't get a chance to take a pic of the Day Lily before it was cooked, so here it is as a dish. It's sauteéd with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdock" target="_blank">gobo</a>, soy sauce and sesame seeds. Yum!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FvXLeIA9FCToXjFJcY15KJmZUC-f6fYq5lHSsNTLzoe4MYJ1SUmv7fe6PKFigkRQjuay3ZmfhMP_j5HfmBGbgKK8TRM92Zf95UtqvhW515K85GyGD3e-qinARcHyQuWD-Kv9Le6zBKv5/s1600/IMG_1221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FvXLeIA9FCToXjFJcY15KJmZUC-f6fYq5lHSsNTLzoe4MYJ1SUmv7fe6PKFigkRQjuay3ZmfhMP_j5HfmBGbgKK8TRM92Zf95UtqvhW515K85GyGD3e-qinARcHyQuWD-Kv9Le6zBKv5/s320/IMG_1221.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-32218710432544615462012-03-18T21:39:00.025-07:002012-03-19T21:57:01.968-07:00Homegrown Meals, March 19th, 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mabo-tofu with homegrown tree-collard greens and green onions. There are bell peppers in there as well, but from the farmer's market.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbQ6m-jKk6wBTBh49I6y4Ddk5iSoRdLG68x8PX8BGB22i_gkP_xszCCg7NAeXo5wiEmZ7Kn0lDbdSRFGRv3_MI4V6o9SXyaLvYTMxyEmZZH3_qGGsGH9_FU0HrFG2ajmpKfTfuT28Z_Yf/s1600/IMG_1054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbQ6m-jKk6wBTBh49I6y4Ddk5iSoRdLG68x8PX8BGB22i_gkP_xszCCg7NAeXo5wiEmZ7Kn0lDbdSRFGRv3_MI4V6o9SXyaLvYTMxyEmZZH3_qGGsGH9_FU0HrFG2ajmpKfTfuT28Z_Yf/s320/IMG_1054.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hot pot with some homegrown carrots and shungiku</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfb2orsU2ljbhvXqZEnFU707yMtL1RXQRRPWD7Qp1X8DPaoktV2O4UPdtSKKRjgsW1EGezvSl7PMFle17dQJvKZJo8fO51lMJMUGWhhw4wq7JsHOFu4U6AJACBrteuIFccEDsfMzQKsWe/s1600/IMG_1086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfb2orsU2ljbhvXqZEnFU707yMtL1RXQRRPWD7Qp1X8DPaoktV2O4UPdtSKKRjgsW1EGezvSl7PMFle17dQJvKZJo8fO51lMJMUGWhhw4wq7JsHOFu4U6AJACBrteuIFccEDsfMzQKsWe/s320/IMG_1086.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Natto with kimchi. Homegrown <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiso" target="_blank">shiso</a> sprouts</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_KtzFFaojT9G5yQBQM33L7mPS-uH19obY3jZ1KIp97R_-GOiJmCkxYzlbyAHorsUjM6yw3bZtXk9VCPsh2KJqKkL7kXD2IybsC6au6X7-spjsS4w2MRGuJodOPFBoOvI1Dhe7wpFah6r/s1600/IMG_1116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_KtzFFaojT9G5yQBQM33L7mPS-uH19obY3jZ1KIp97R_-GOiJmCkxYzlbyAHorsUjM6yw3bZtXk9VCPsh2KJqKkL7kXD2IybsC6au6X7-spjsS4w2MRGuJodOPFBoOvI1Dhe7wpFah6r/s320/IMG_1116.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Homegrown Mitsuba, Spinach, Gobo and Daikon along with homegrown lemons in this hotpot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8DZvS8X2-UkmHm9FWnyF08oCueIXOit74e_33wn9b-axBfmmCrJxLfYIQeHTGzeRSCezVHReGfObZiJVoA70-8ARINe17F-9JxSMkIQyneEYTeQzij463J36oMO68sq_vNp0RCUPO6-l/s1600/IMG_1117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8DZvS8X2-UkmHm9FWnyF08oCueIXOit74e_33wn9b-axBfmmCrJxLfYIQeHTGzeRSCezVHReGfObZiJVoA70-8ARINe17F-9JxSMkIQyneEYTeQzij463J36oMO68sq_vNp0RCUPO6-l/s320/IMG_1117.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Homegrown apples in the pie!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhur8k_xlaQiCWk42ZtHbwNrfPR8OdykV27-xFGtuu5eFkb532c1o4H53ClMGFdYfGFlGNoR8p8v4IAQTeRWtAeoziH6ByAxyppiWfQVD7naKuD-3CGpzvoCmRBp3Qg4WkyJ6jb-numbCqM/s1600/IMG_1121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhur8k_xlaQiCWk42ZtHbwNrfPR8OdykV27-xFGtuu5eFkb532c1o4H53ClMGFdYfGFlGNoR8p8v4IAQTeRWtAeoziH6ByAxyppiWfQVD7naKuD-3CGpzvoCmRBp3Qg4WkyJ6jb-numbCqM/s320/IMG_1121.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Freshly squeezed orange juice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLccp-ADFGmH4k0nVHGG-Qv_2LIq0k3Ign5lCKR2LI3lw_B08nSoM4243AeQhxbwFBQbF286AedRigzJbh_1vxMWZYHYPOsrqVoMFZtgwyYxvOapfHi1LqibLeHWSHJFY45HTuxyTizucK/s1600/IMG_1119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLccp-ADFGmH4k0nVHGG-Qv_2LIq0k3Ign5lCKR2LI3lw_B08nSoM4243AeQhxbwFBQbF286AedRigzJbh_1vxMWZYHYPOsrqVoMFZtgwyYxvOapfHi1LqibLeHWSHJFY45HTuxyTizucK/s320/IMG_1119.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our son helping clean the garlic chives (nira) for dinner</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHti3HcAgSHwgqbyxYpwA7KZjDRLtwvvfRsmI99EQ42jtGeqNdsGB_UxokV-sYOQbaPpsGT5uvzs20bpjmngf_q9Kl2mhMaMI4_Swhf8bAdQCMbT6QbecsAVoqHhza2X5Io9Z7ULzNxaZC/s1600/IMG_3587.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHti3HcAgSHwgqbyxYpwA7KZjDRLtwvvfRsmI99EQ42jtGeqNdsGB_UxokV-sYOQbaPpsGT5uvzs20bpjmngf_q9Kl2mhMaMI4_Swhf8bAdQCMbT6QbecsAVoqHhza2X5Io9Z7ULzNxaZC/s320/IMG_3587.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here's the dinner, Mabo tofu (with nira) on the left and homegrown bok-choy and carrots with purchased bamboo shoots.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9Q37sGinbt8GMS5zF1MEvhvWYqxquG5wFyHjqnRaui_72e6rGWksBHSNeTI0G7gesB8NjvmHsdZiORd4_eBptOyq3PNd5P6oz71OXyg-1MCGtBgI1-SPDmxKTSX5tTDWtJKwrITinV0L/s1600/IMG_1189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9Q37sGinbt8GMS5zF1MEvhvWYqxquG5wFyHjqnRaui_72e6rGWksBHSNeTI0G7gesB8NjvmHsdZiORd4_eBptOyq3PNd5P6oz71OXyg-1MCGtBgI1-SPDmxKTSX5tTDWtJKwrITinV0L/s320/IMG_1189.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Homegrown mitsuba, shungiku and gobo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakObbSRiAysxeNCBhvxb8MQl5ByibjhmZxyfJqlYg7YFz6dQvnHPnIdc5_wehGYa9Bvuq3gO9tbi6zUoW3DsqG1yTBPwMN7PKH3G3yw1Pzw3xaTx5zRypGEyD61WGW5cHHUqm_317jbnU/s1600/IMG_1227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakObbSRiAysxeNCBhvxb8MQl5ByibjhmZxyfJqlYg7YFz6dQvnHPnIdc5_wehGYa9Bvuq3gO9tbi6zUoW3DsqG1yTBPwMN7PKH3G3yw1Pzw3xaTx5zRypGEyD61WGW5cHHUqm_317jbnU/s320/IMG_1227.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> In celebration of "Girl's Day" in Japan, here are some cherry blossoms</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZFb6Xlt-zH5q3H602ig7u6QGhgFnrgjAE45pQLuzmR8AZgzz43cgVfd-nWH1FI-Ig0AjqGfJfbxrvs0iUaHbbTivssHf6pfSRuCj31nmIvUOiOfDVX_np-RwzEhUGjvJ3CAX8rg9KERE/s1600/IMG_0376.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZFb6Xlt-zH5q3H602ig7u6QGhgFnrgjAE45pQLuzmR8AZgzz43cgVfd-nWH1FI-Ig0AjqGfJfbxrvs0iUaHbbTivssHf6pfSRuCj31nmIvUOiOfDVX_np-RwzEhUGjvJ3CAX8rg9KERE/s320/IMG_0376.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Mom made mochi in dyed in natural dyes. This one is beets and purple orach. The back bowl will be yomogi (green)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-XTFwiBuyFl82vJnGxu7CI6WJE5foILEQk9L_jUrYXzMqpxttUssIsdrxuw1LlNPujhl95AqRbfGv_ETyQnqyyr4BUOB2L9-n_yjL6j9W2Bds8lKizy_kQz9HOhIsVB0BnN-QViwpdZvr/s1600/IMG_1196.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-XTFwiBuyFl82vJnGxu7CI6WJE5foILEQk9L_jUrYXzMqpxttUssIsdrxuw1LlNPujhl95AqRbfGv_ETyQnqyyr4BUOB2L9-n_yjL6j9W2Bds8lKizy_kQz9HOhIsVB0BnN-QViwpdZvr/s320/IMG_1196.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here is the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hishi_mochi" target="_blank">hishi mochi</a>" made with the above sweet rice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xkDba7bvJqzfnkTy1-xSk-AH7GfbJlcdHrlI4zhvb9L9dCwAhWHAwhPHlis1wP7_1Q7EI_FhoGd5yQN9_00hdRnwezjY3dLQtUitsXvyFSfmjUOir_8tODtu82wEDNM3SVjWM9INnVaW/s1600/IMG_0383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xkDba7bvJqzfnkTy1-xSk-AH7GfbJlcdHrlI4zhvb9L9dCwAhWHAwhPHlis1wP7_1Q7EI_FhoGd5yQN9_00hdRnwezjY3dLQtUitsXvyFSfmjUOir_8tODtu82wEDNM3SVjWM9INnVaW/s320/IMG_0383.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here are the "girls day" dolls :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFNixB8fxXujrXx0DRW67DIks-DAbKVmxHJS89A1GgfnIINelTKnPOkTEoGP0zJwgJYmKClmLri-n03PuLRZIB8eV4pGmOF-I0mQ4li_ZdqkHCORPkZ2g5QX_A4HXP0S-TQ94D0O1Ah4H/s1600/IMG_0384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFNixB8fxXujrXx0DRW67DIks-DAbKVmxHJS89A1GgfnIINelTKnPOkTEoGP0zJwgJYmKClmLri-n03PuLRZIB8eV4pGmOF-I0mQ4li_ZdqkHCORPkZ2g5QX_A4HXP0S-TQ94D0O1Ah4H/s320/IMG_0384.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-66856988542997019152012-02-27T20:26:00.000-08:002012-02-27T20:26:40.592-08:00Garden Updates, Feb 27, 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's been quite a while since I've posted a Garden Update! I apologize for not keeping up on this site. We had a near fiasco with our neighbor BEHIND us sanding down the trim of their house to the bare wood. To make things worse, it was a VERY windy day when the Painter decided to work. We live in a fairly old neighborhood that was built in the late 1950's and I was frantic that the paint dust that was whirling around us and potentially spreading lead all over our veggie beds!!! I posted what was happening on the <a href="http://www.ripealtadena.com/" target="_blank">RIPE forum</a> and got some suggestions and sympathy. It's great to have support from like-minded folk! So, after worrying about it and having Tim vacuum the first inch of the top soil off (he even bought a brand new shop vac for this). We tested the soil for lead and it was NEGATIVE!!! Praise God! Whew! What a relief!!! I'm still not thrilled about the particles of acrylic paint, but you can only do so much to control your environment in such a confined area such as a city. Oh, how I yearn to have more open land...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So...besides the paint fiasco it is...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">HAILING!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In Southern California!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were blessed with a good amount of rain today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We'll get a break on Tues and it's supposed to rain some more on Wed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCM58ZsOGEAST9Kx8To-YvORPC_3u3LXN45Uw-s6UJdYKrlNbAgX_g455z9kcJ14qnm3T2E5xPaLtdiuU0bc0J1EMsexIdJ_Vn-eRrxqiO9x-t4z5WOglVGRh53r2-Zo-_WRUGlMYc8cDZ/s1600/IMG_1191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCM58ZsOGEAST9Kx8To-YvORPC_3u3LXN45Uw-s6UJdYKrlNbAgX_g455z9kcJ14qnm3T2E5xPaLtdiuU0bc0J1EMsexIdJ_Vn-eRrxqiO9x-t4z5WOglVGRh53r2-Zo-_WRUGlMYc8cDZ/s320/IMG_1191.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And I was just about to announce that spring is here. I took very spring-like pictures below!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_-PESRSh7LqJunpY4TXBMwOO4HYJUnZ-hfIEPrExXsjToXHHr5khmgXYyafs258sVsngUAykupLF0VWUAvlagpfAaxOSg8EvLvi8ptODFHCGVD9rPT5fkE5GwFdV4d_ZFrxBxlVPKcTy/s1600/IMG_1192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_-PESRSh7LqJunpY4TXBMwOO4HYJUnZ-hfIEPrExXsjToXHHr5khmgXYyafs258sVsngUAykupLF0VWUAvlagpfAaxOSg8EvLvi8ptODFHCGVD9rPT5fkE5GwFdV4d_ZFrxBxlVPKcTy/s320/IMG_1192.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The "Goldmine" nectarine graft has taken!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4ZPV-MW6h24zYu64SV3KdNmot1xbcTectgSsvgkejHZ_MKZ-OB5zooNJIJ_5_cPqeZuAul73lEGnc47GKE90pJ1QOvh0tbygdA9PBT5FTgctvbai19LT194Dti3vNlTg0zXlY7tySz4N/s1600/IMG_1160.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4ZPV-MW6h24zYu64SV3KdNmot1xbcTectgSsvgkejHZ_MKZ-OB5zooNJIJ_5_cPqeZuAul73lEGnc47GKE90pJ1QOvh0tbygdA9PBT5FTgctvbai19LT194Dti3vNlTg0zXlY7tySz4N/s320/IMG_1160.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Pilgrim" peach also looks just about ready to bloom! Yay!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The others are iffy. Not too sure if they have taken. I think it had to do with how thin I stretched the parafilm to cover the grafts. I didn't have much parafilm since I just bought a strip from the grafting teacher. The film ended up cracking and therefore the graft became desiccated and withered. :(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_g2zsGk6ltAAnOCOLh9nvMISrzxmHz2cxcSS3STKDh2d7Kkcax-8lqNlyd_HFivcD3NO0oKD3LLdqiuuD6Ki_U-P1B2_jH8Bq_dpv79rBXqSmx4I2legAMq1BanjoqjrdIxVlZ0VSgiv/s1600/IMG_1161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_g2zsGk6ltAAnOCOLh9nvMISrzxmHz2cxcSS3STKDh2d7Kkcax-8lqNlyd_HFivcD3NO0oKD3LLdqiuuD6Ki_U-P1B2_jH8Bq_dpv79rBXqSmx4I2legAMq1BanjoqjrdIxVlZ0VSgiv/s320/IMG_1161.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Day Lilies are showing signs of spring.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Did you know they are edible?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyqQ0k-ENIFXXP2R6_kG_ESK7UU1YlUBo2G5PYLqseh4QVflYSxWgKBRaaoTAk0ur5NmJZZJD-a7IAJ3o9XrzDt0_-XCOstCnAtAbOMsbv6K0TLETw8Op7JnVlOI0pxaTbuuSPYCszohs/s1600/IMG_1163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyqQ0k-ENIFXXP2R6_kG_ESK7UU1YlUBo2G5PYLqseh4QVflYSxWgKBRaaoTAk0ur5NmJZZJD-a7IAJ3o9XrzDt0_-XCOstCnAtAbOMsbv6K0TLETw8Op7JnVlOI0pxaTbuuSPYCszohs/s320/IMG_1163.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Loquats starting to fatten up. This year, I didn't have the time to thin the fruits, so they probably won't be as large. We did a severe pruning on the tree, so we didn't get as much fruit as the previous years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZrgGmMU_ROlFWWrHJNXvkUAG7PF3osxIJsZAtyF3xoOZhr4MVR0g6KiN3CekNxJ-TXdNTRVGMyvdrS2w-dpILl7vK96uqCGd8qcp7M88AOqjvQNMJ8kXDODHUoIp7QE9N4Ibzmjw6Ovq/s1600/IMG_1164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZrgGmMU_ROlFWWrHJNXvkUAG7PF3osxIJsZAtyF3xoOZhr4MVR0g6KiN3CekNxJ-TXdNTRVGMyvdrS2w-dpILl7vK96uqCGd8qcp7M88AOqjvQNMJ8kXDODHUoIp7QE9N4Ibzmjw6Ovq/s320/IMG_1164.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Kumquat just about ready!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiktTgWS5iJlLCFZYSVyimYtxKMa9TshbB5_PtYBAothUP-3AT3N7Q4BljhoOHbUx78ATrueSKcjoy2mJh12GoIjL2LNpB1cuZcqKD3kU4V4L5s6AyPd1x9xdNAVKuqljKOSILg9UahiVp/s1600/IMG_1166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiktTgWS5iJlLCFZYSVyimYtxKMa9TshbB5_PtYBAothUP-3AT3N7Q4BljhoOHbUx78ATrueSKcjoy2mJh12GoIjL2LNpB1cuZcqKD3kU4V4L5s6AyPd1x9xdNAVKuqljKOSILg9UahiVp/s320/IMG_1166.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Alstroemeria in the front and Clivia in the back</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6kOf9p2JFYpiXXfQtQFF6IV6oQPuEKsfnoQ_nzouj4tiLwSMT_U2Gumsi_gsfh5_byfyQJiAMEsje_U-NfAfxlk6aa_BYApDA0fmV4IDw221shK7B0JaQFIx1eM33PukQVkLkaB3Vc5j/s1600/IMG_1167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6kOf9p2JFYpiXXfQtQFF6IV6oQPuEKsfnoQ_nzouj4tiLwSMT_U2Gumsi_gsfh5_byfyQJiAMEsje_U-NfAfxlk6aa_BYApDA0fmV4IDw221shK7B0JaQFIx1eM33PukQVkLkaB3Vc5j/s320/IMG_1167.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Primroses in a pot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7mPl93FNNftubqSp8SDZLax1OxXmt1qlg2lYCSuEXo7mgShLewI6wNLPDMZEjoxBj5hRH1feSKTiwOQp_X2GfZzeQ8QjE_Q5eO_VKgGE-3oYye8QRRr4uOdzqs4M2WlaqG4OQj2tR93v/s1600/IMG_1169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7mPl93FNNftubqSp8SDZLax1OxXmt1qlg2lYCSuEXo7mgShLewI6wNLPDMZEjoxBj5hRH1feSKTiwOQp_X2GfZzeQ8QjE_Q5eO_VKgGE-3oYye8QRRr4uOdzqs4M2WlaqG4OQj2tR93v/s320/IMG_1169.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cilantro in a pot in the foreground and Calendula in the background </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROcSqCK4OxjLtM5vNRR4ae8PFmkHxgKeC7XJL39JFHkyCOS6wCOVH5EowTfq2pxzhXOMqKel4jQfvPQa_DPIMbMicTdY1vNzzmw7XS9xoSIySmSAA55HjXD114bSy1-ODdLwHoDU53Zp1/s1600/IMG_1170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROcSqCK4OxjLtM5vNRR4ae8PFmkHxgKeC7XJL39JFHkyCOS6wCOVH5EowTfq2pxzhXOMqKel4jQfvPQa_DPIMbMicTdY1vNzzmw7XS9xoSIySmSAA55HjXD114bSy1-ODdLwHoDU53Zp1/s320/IMG_1170.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here I focused on the Calendula and the Valencia oranges in the back. (yes, that's a compost bin hiding behind the orange tree)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijthRFLXyEijRG6uUN9IsjGz92k0g-UEUw3A-QmPlBRnQkYoCKqV5YcaF9snfwv8ndpvf3qDWN1B4YA0VYWJKSZhJf2HgSdmqkxxXv8GUgdZyj8slYk63VbxjACzGiuMLCambmYi1k1KJ-/s1600/IMG_1171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijthRFLXyEijRG6uUN9IsjGz92k0g-UEUw3A-QmPlBRnQkYoCKqV5YcaF9snfwv8ndpvf3qDWN1B4YA0VYWJKSZhJf2HgSdmqkxxXv8GUgdZyj8slYk63VbxjACzGiuMLCambmYi1k1KJ-/s320/IMG_1171.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Valencia oranges is about to bloom :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-3JTvr7b87kFjQDKhffLx9bUcLDLehGVF23d87nd7Q0zb3sZUxzGJRegb40IQ9ElKBNvM6Jvgd_i7lhDHHWRXCv5syystIg3LSgx-lDClnFqKRyL1_JlpcjPfTKMLlp2t6Ag-IsLLRlB/s1600/IMG_1172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-3JTvr7b87kFjQDKhffLx9bUcLDLehGVF23d87nd7Q0zb3sZUxzGJRegb40IQ9ElKBNvM6Jvgd_i7lhDHHWRXCv5syystIg3LSgx-lDClnFqKRyL1_JlpcjPfTKMLlp2t6Ag-IsLLRlB/s320/IMG_1172.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A quick snapshot of the late winter garden. The Fig tree looks bare from this pic, but it's already starting to bud! We couldn't believe that it was budding fruits too, this tree is amazing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffZlXGOJYX07HP0-7gCUQxKmAfdFqWF4MWk7tt7SuWWCM1l_i2wME8qxlEInC7sfyNo5I07t5KY3lA7gtZYsjau5MTJ0vlHol3hG0wEYAMUc3XIX9tBsDZ6FRmoYnpYkMpvBGOiH8l1q7/s1600/IMG_1173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffZlXGOJYX07HP0-7gCUQxKmAfdFqWF4MWk7tt7SuWWCM1l_i2wME8qxlEInC7sfyNo5I07t5KY3lA7gtZYsjau5MTJ0vlHol3hG0wEYAMUc3XIX9tBsDZ6FRmoYnpYkMpvBGOiH8l1q7/s320/IMG_1173.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I'm not sure what these flowers are called... but cute, white and whispering, "spring is here"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAKOuf1OQwUtSf4nvO87SB8j8OzU3Xkbval6K1GscLBEmHcBtAbeZJVtcvAf4F-0GTrXAZIKSRWdCJZKJfpJ0jQ3lHze_caBFy4uNnqYtOVZoISQHfPlvp6bh7JvLWrF7hn7u-fJvtQoR/s1600/IMG_1175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAKOuf1OQwUtSf4nvO87SB8j8OzU3Xkbval6K1GscLBEmHcBtAbeZJVtcvAf4F-0GTrXAZIKSRWdCJZKJfpJ0jQ3lHze_caBFy4uNnqYtOVZoISQHfPlvp6bh7JvLWrF7hn7u-fJvtQoR/s320/IMG_1175.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Sorry, this is not angled correctly. Nappa cabbage blooming!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmags3kQDxApKHYPMjqFUrcEx-2SQ5T6yUcUl4yr1WB9k3Pofmum8xLQsxPMzLXEdgX4RCpaJk_90k7kAT1cyAc1jOPuN0LgRs04L6r0MMcY0pcC8-6sweHpm8ZimEOJtOvPw0PvTi6vkZ/s1600/IMG_1176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmags3kQDxApKHYPMjqFUrcEx-2SQ5T6yUcUl4yr1WB9k3Pofmum8xLQsxPMzLXEdgX4RCpaJk_90k7kAT1cyAc1jOPuN0LgRs04L6r0MMcY0pcC8-6sweHpm8ZimEOJtOvPw0PvTi6vkZ/s320/IMG_1176.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-38145263326796612012-02-27T15:48:00.000-08:002012-02-27T15:48:28.487-08:00Harvest Updates, Feb 27, 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hi everyone! It's been a while and we've been busy! Here are some harvests we managed to take a pic of. Not everything gets photographed lately, as I juggle homeschooling, gardening and freelance work (sometimes all-nighters!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's some lovely Calendula and Lettuce greens</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCuTY1E9vK1aS2SiU3KvMCzoT420L8D_tazpdDFYovpK4CHNao88ZJnA39O4AnO7Pgat6yOtTc-2fh_SXenOwoYkTiXEzhPvNaLBQrMDtQLNX8Ga8rDExMG8VWWB0lrzuWqnB38X9jmVD/s1600/IMG_1187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCuTY1E9vK1aS2SiU3KvMCzoT420L8D_tazpdDFYovpK4CHNao88ZJnA39O4AnO7Pgat6yOtTc-2fh_SXenOwoYkTiXEzhPvNaLBQrMDtQLNX8Ga8rDExMG8VWWB0lrzuWqnB38X9jmVD/s320/IMG_1187.JPG" width="268" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Below are some nice sized Spinach greens in a large bowl. (Note: the tile size is 6")</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRktXgYaZDSvGipF93b7TI0Z8r6ZaYJqczbvxlVjnCzYOFuKZvoA-64QyC8MttOaaar4Varyz0WAGH4aolmPWr6c2KEJXTlywRV9iklsz76ljPtm4ybMzF-ThCl5j3yR4Exj_WaMubLyZa/s1600/IMG_1156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRktXgYaZDSvGipF93b7TI0Z8r6ZaYJqczbvxlVjnCzYOFuKZvoA-64QyC8MttOaaar4Varyz0WAGH4aolmPWr6c2KEJXTlywRV9iklsz76ljPtm4ybMzF-ThCl5j3yR4Exj_WaMubLyZa/s320/IMG_1156.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> More lettuces being dried after washing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoRkUCO7lTc2HKP6NVm2at_jqAc1m5Udi1lZb7de-1bvEn6JS-eErjoGoDaa_x0MFkRBY5DPAg0redOE8YMeqENpB-u6wDfMxIEqYoXv5aV5N5oOaNzK3pF6ZpOZcuVzRg1AcEaZDA6rCc/s1600/IMG_1158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoRkUCO7lTc2HKP6NVm2at_jqAc1m5Udi1lZb7de-1bvEn6JS-eErjoGoDaa_x0MFkRBY5DPAg0redOE8YMeqENpB-u6wDfMxIEqYoXv5aV5N5oOaNzK3pF6ZpOZcuVzRg1AcEaZDA6rCc/s320/IMG_1158.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Our very first Haas Avocado!!! Nestled among gifted grapefruits and mandarins from the neighbor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwE_o7bZEbNvFdQFTpyARaqUmuu5KdJFUUglf5fT0BSRGsDnLBIYdW0a5BCVhQ5Zw95MxWUSDCgcawzckFumGrB_9o9D9WL9s5O-gG6-CSBFyqyufpU9o4_6hR4SMt0vIbeM33vwp3zhu/s1600/IMG_1155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwE_o7bZEbNvFdQFTpyARaqUmuu5KdJFUUglf5fT0BSRGsDnLBIYdW0a5BCVhQ5Zw95MxWUSDCgcawzckFumGrB_9o9D9WL9s5O-gG6-CSBFyqyufpU9o4_6hR4SMt0vIbeM33vwp3zhu/s320/IMG_1155.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> More Spinach</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZ1lfagZRzOO0d9V6VQa6Odv7-jvO2yy26MHnT4SVIcL3iluVv-6zeUPYoacMev67-OHs_LYrxR-evS6BB94YkbMksvDcqDusN0CupIHocqR3Qb3mPWFdj4IiZdXYj_ofULEH_Hvtp4Hj/s1600/IMG_1126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZ1lfagZRzOO0d9V6VQa6Odv7-jvO2yy26MHnT4SVIcL3iluVv-6zeUPYoacMev67-OHs_LYrxR-evS6BB94YkbMksvDcqDusN0CupIHocqR3Qb3mPWFdj4IiZdXYj_ofULEH_Hvtp4Hj/s320/IMG_1126.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Now this is New Zealand Spinach below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUT94aMU-DUQlFpbN_nPwzpC35_ngvtA0sAEKixugEWKgmKNGlFoR8-_9AJlCvbgQ7pVaqZL_AP2g12EvGBxtL0m5IOPZ6Zg8xhyphenhyphenMDK_YYWdoI0s4Gny847YwNNnpaelb-1l9DsZy851u/s1600/IMG_1130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUT94aMU-DUQlFpbN_nPwzpC35_ngvtA0sAEKixugEWKgmKNGlFoR8-_9AJlCvbgQ7pVaqZL_AP2g12EvGBxtL0m5IOPZ6Zg8xhyphenhyphenMDK_YYWdoI0s4Gny847YwNNnpaelb-1l9DsZy851u/s320/IMG_1130.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Spinach, again...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgePgzADzJ54HpXuSe9NMFtejn0exNExgOWXCPeEXDMIHSTEZolM9F5Nn-VM5WklpgSDpxLCyme3IEvMYEcUyQOXQHeWp1od-pQFE897EJs4zEzbBr1bRx1W4OZtM9YCFb3K-CYEe73M3eV/s1600/IMG_1131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgePgzADzJ54HpXuSe9NMFtejn0exNExgOWXCPeEXDMIHSTEZolM9F5Nn-VM5WklpgSDpxLCyme3IEvMYEcUyQOXQHeWp1od-pQFE897EJs4zEzbBr1bRx1W4OZtM9YCFb3K-CYEe73M3eV/s320/IMG_1131.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> and the very last harvest of Mikans for the season. We plan to wash them and freeze them (whole) for a summer treat)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiOeM50K7sMnano81tyFJdFgYjS86cQ1UuG8BFGxy8X9zNKyisn_LntQ6YfSS8LYrQB46UMgmt9QcDv-bEcwUbcXgtoE_ZXW3N41FW0NIdgZajmwm2TbJZbsvggYKpmTeT0fZLp23zzFN/s1600/IMG_1184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiOeM50K7sMnano81tyFJdFgYjS86cQ1UuG8BFGxy8X9zNKyisn_LntQ6YfSS8LYrQB46UMgmt9QcDv-bEcwUbcXgtoE_ZXW3N41FW0NIdgZajmwm2TbJZbsvggYKpmTeT0fZLp23zzFN/s320/IMG_1184.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Bok Choy greens</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeElr8Z1y0b-r18KZ6NdYrV04iNGIJFzq0sgtxvyrA5se6lrPwQueYMvst3R5e1Qt7LLaQL6r386zo3sVKoXb1-nEQPCztm25mLvn8amivA_-7sVJd1ENYgcRo2mehlKYSCEaGwL-GUOna/s1600/IMG_1188.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeElr8Z1y0b-r18KZ6NdYrV04iNGIJFzq0sgtxvyrA5se6lrPwQueYMvst3R5e1Qt7LLaQL6r386zo3sVKoXb1-nEQPCztm25mLvn8amivA_-7sVJd1ENYgcRo2mehlKYSCEaGwL-GUOna/s320/IMG_1188.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A myriad of greens. Upper left, small bowl: Amaranth sprouts, upper left, small bowl, NZ spinach sprouts and 2 strawberries, lower right, small bowl with Shiso sprouts. In between the bowls are green onion sprig, edible iceplant, and Shungiku. The larger collander contains broccoli florets and greens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtBci3E1UbbH90M_pk5x6umOV-gXIjHadOcgrJulNhfewmD11N6IMXECMFHm1hl1JMWXTdDpMNFP02S4dYtOUXN2GRNtxOK-j8QDbtEhRysXazJWh1Bi-bSBPRURH-5WqqjL0vXuM4JLN/s1600/IMG_1115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtBci3E1UbbH90M_pk5x6umOV-gXIjHadOcgrJulNhfewmD11N6IMXECMFHm1hl1JMWXTdDpMNFP02S4dYtOUXN2GRNtxOK-j8QDbtEhRysXazJWh1Bi-bSBPRURH-5WqqjL0vXuM4JLN/s320/IMG_1115.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-44914750175968636012012-02-07T14:46:00.000-08:002012-02-07T14:46:19.495-08:00Harvest Updates, Feb 7, 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sorry for all the delayed post. I haven't solved the problem completely, but for now I am by-passing Picasa and uploading the photos directly to Blogger. It's working for now, until I get the time & courage to tackle the steps 1916home has instructed me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Currently, we are nearing the end of the broccolis, at the end of mandarin season and have pretty much picked the oranges clean. (Yes, sold many and gave many away!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVvJUsPRNZ9YUnVzIQYsWcJbz4AJy4Bb-YlKiYOxH6uiNfa2IeA7ShTksoI34a1M5oM4TSUBa9RljKRc3TfMrXnp97gQrtnmRrLro-KQlcHR3WyyPLf1tMdySPMiiv9GOWxE6eH7xav_i/s1600/IMG_0968.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVvJUsPRNZ9YUnVzIQYsWcJbz4AJy4Bb-YlKiYOxH6uiNfa2IeA7ShTksoI34a1M5oM4TSUBa9RljKRc3TfMrXnp97gQrtnmRrLro-KQlcHR3WyyPLf1tMdySPMiiv9GOWxE6eH7xav_i/s320/IMG_0968.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Breakfast oranges</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVIJLXD6MSw0I8m714E0JXfEz5K1mbYN1DxdJXL9mHpz5mYIgHqE85ogdys1flpC-yv4_z0vd_BK6tt1kl4CN1Dowkp0YFhyv7p48LrbMX1Ft4__D2hQR6mKxSa853Ot3PUMr2BC5DxmB/s1600/IMG_0971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVIJLXD6MSw0I8m714E0JXfEz5K1mbYN1DxdJXL9mHpz5mYIgHqE85ogdys1flpC-yv4_z0vd_BK6tt1kl4CN1Dowkp0YFhyv7p48LrbMX1Ft4__D2hQR6mKxSa853Ot3PUMr2BC5DxmB/s320/IMG_0971.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Lettuce</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsa2VHTRoLktdFyz2DgV7mN_g6PzJHo27o9EwH4S-D5zm2lrrJZhpRh5UG0CxzytKH7si4WFrqr9eVjA4LjQLgZ0qHANm33xb-hFNFd_niRwKyejiARwf0IGEosegCxb3B2kAflTE_zppC/s1600/IMG_0972.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsa2VHTRoLktdFyz2DgV7mN_g6PzJHo27o9EwH4S-D5zm2lrrJZhpRh5UG0CxzytKH7si4WFrqr9eVjA4LjQLgZ0qHANm33xb-hFNFd_niRwKyejiARwf0IGEosegCxb3B2kAflTE_zppC/s320/IMG_0972.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Madarins(mikan) and Navel Oranges. This batch, we bartered for 16 oz of Local Olive Oil, 16 oz of Organic Papua New Guinea Coffee, 1 packet of Strawberry Spinach seeds, and 12 oz of Local Organic, unheated honey. Not bad, eh?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0EdzufEeOUrMZt0daMFEOsg_gFAv6Dngypk7-XpexKmaEzcbXm16V9y4HlTCzOTIZ8vIFoQVQErflGJsN5Q3b_BQZSmmwEf2XcwBjzyLK_vYiq52oMv_8ah1bdAAplHNCVPD8Fogfn96/s1600/IMG_1011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0EdzufEeOUrMZt0daMFEOsg_gFAv6Dngypk7-XpexKmaEzcbXm16V9y4HlTCzOTIZ8vIFoQVQErflGJsN5Q3b_BQZSmmwEf2XcwBjzyLK_vYiq52oMv_8ah1bdAAplHNCVPD8Fogfn96/s320/IMG_1011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> These had mealy bug belly buttons, so we washed them clean and gave them to Tim's co-workers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBURndbgw4-vmc-tBBz-dJ1gZxobytih3H7Tc10Hve8OcrgSCUqbEUcOyYWuO8lkUUSASZILH48oo3SyghlJppVSkDufg9928hisLhzJDzFO723vDwsBLv75dBB6O_xVR5dqXtvBJ6JpL/s1600/IMG_1012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBURndbgw4-vmc-tBBz-dJ1gZxobytih3H7Tc10Hve8OcrgSCUqbEUcOyYWuO8lkUUSASZILH48oo3SyghlJppVSkDufg9928hisLhzJDzFO723vDwsBLv75dBB6O_xVR5dqXtvBJ6JpL/s320/IMG_1012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Romaine and Purple leaf Lettucs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2epzQgaRUfTEz-4Hd8U6Zv0alg5Y0QjbW6GNLn9cIi1NBX_JfZ1rMeJVU0yGCHAIeieCTCL1eEh3PdSAx7sVMD6H3Uww_wEfHqXUncjId1R2_tPhfBSGcYfhbRns0NyiuXO1qDGxkIRm/s1600/IMG_1040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2epzQgaRUfTEz-4Hd8U6Zv0alg5Y0QjbW6GNLn9cIi1NBX_JfZ1rMeJVU0yGCHAIeieCTCL1eEh3PdSAx7sVMD6H3Uww_wEfHqXUncjId1R2_tPhfBSGcYfhbRns0NyiuXO1qDGxkIRm/s320/IMG_1040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Broccoli greens and little florets. We had a LOT more, but we just didn't take pictures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjho75NhHTt2sErhnFDPOCqhhw46KEQAOgAtneQZHjRQE5ThU00iapwXR9PXpYpH1Pp1uImyhWW-YYqNdRlDYfVR9hDs5JfCTECKcDofTB0aYQTIoZMUA-k-bGs-Q6nsSo-VdHlzpl3U_v7/s1600/IMG_1041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjho75NhHTt2sErhnFDPOCqhhw46KEQAOgAtneQZHjRQE5ThU00iapwXR9PXpYpH1Pp1uImyhWW-YYqNdRlDYfVR9hDs5JfCTECKcDofTB0aYQTIoZMUA-k-bGs-Q6nsSo-VdHlzpl3U_v7/s320/IMG_1041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Oranges, our Last Guava and a bit of strawberries</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbFi2UhmDSzFUtdxrq-c0Ptf2CboPxL6sTHmrM6nmdwJTIsZLJ6mrY201e_Ec68aLsD2o3n_NWJkykLUkXsjTF99xSad2ErzbCi6i7TegWHHGWYzEpTBQjG8i7VVEjS3vv9JDCzGk7iiV/s1600/IMG_1053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbFi2UhmDSzFUtdxrq-c0Ptf2CboPxL6sTHmrM6nmdwJTIsZLJ6mrY201e_Ec68aLsD2o3n_NWJkykLUkXsjTF99xSad2ErzbCi6i7TegWHHGWYzEpTBQjG8i7VVEjS3vv9JDCzGk7iiV/s320/IMG_1053.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Carrots gifted by a good friend, we crop swap what we have. Thanks L!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-h5ELFt-Zm47SHx_aZ4l2Aajf0oc4CU0m6xzMB8jRS3nJ-eEEZVls0P72AFyR9h5t7MbR9as-NSqsBIrdLGMt6TzQt86gAk66_P5YGJuxdYdwregOXsfx-WPa8jXkeQre7UUXNt1ULiH/s1600/IMG_1056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-h5ELFt-Zm47SHx_aZ4l2Aajf0oc4CU0m6xzMB8jRS3nJ-eEEZVls0P72AFyR9h5t7MbR9as-NSqsBIrdLGMt6TzQt86gAk66_P5YGJuxdYdwregOXsfx-WPa8jXkeQre7UUXNt1ULiH/s320/IMG_1056.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is a 6 inch plate with a very large Edible Iceplant leaf. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We were surprised that the leaf has a salty taste!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVi6of5591HOJtTDpWztOsuysETIcLtDkvf2JRb8L0HooFkO_9PRUerf6S93R07A3GJm1OMDV14S5oG7A31IAZOT236XPNdOtfQjYHdrb1fo-HemWHgHAaT0Sho-lV0anmkWaT4_s9pa-/s1600/IMG_1057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVi6of5591HOJtTDpWztOsuysETIcLtDkvf2JRb8L0HooFkO_9PRUerf6S93R07A3GJm1OMDV14S5oG7A31IAZOT236XPNdOtfQjYHdrb1fo-HemWHgHAaT0Sho-lV0anmkWaT4_s9pa-/s320/IMG_1057.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Daikon Radishes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbwHxDaSum7qpjyH-PebEserXgIhW__qLL0O9r4BuGzz2KTm9fJOa-NFdcCrUx1LkJYcBJXvH1XJ2evVs3FdZA0iK5XTIya35Wgj5aor9KWH0YeciEVcSDgkqVlkREHZdIxVqcfYvKF-7b/s1600/IMG_3555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbwHxDaSum7qpjyH-PebEserXgIhW__qLL0O9r4BuGzz2KTm9fJOa-NFdcCrUx1LkJYcBJXvH1XJ2evVs3FdZA0iK5XTIya35Wgj5aor9KWH0YeciEVcSDgkqVlkREHZdIxVqcfYvKF-7b/s320/IMG_3555.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Green Onions</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-zWuda_SPM5bSvbhEsFiAgChGnPtJRSwchQQ1UGkW1I7Jr5cJODM0g6vPL1WJUfcSPsGMiXM9naeJIbfIU8AkAtlZkN9gLRUqzjGLYZ0vBcCUgkwyJKbSFyXCLNIZgoO_B2YQW8FX1R8/s1600/IMG_3561.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-zWuda_SPM5bSvbhEsFiAgChGnPtJRSwchQQ1UGkW1I7Jr5cJODM0g6vPL1WJUfcSPsGMiXM9naeJIbfIU8AkAtlZkN9gLRUqzjGLYZ0vBcCUgkwyJKbSFyXCLNIZgoO_B2YQW8FX1R8/s320/IMG_3561.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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You can see some of the flours that go into the gluten free dough: Sorghum, Millet, Tapioca, Xanthan Gum, Brown Rice flour, etc. If we could use egg, the gluten free dough would be MUCH more pliable, but our son is allergic to egg as well, so I used Ener-G brand Egg Replacer powder. Here they are before cooking.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJzHjaRAVdpgrHhlcjtIFRrrsGLcUNNVhxCKMPsi0rqDAhrqV9um1dZwmzwfj-lKooBW6Zx5-efQ_pLa9K7-Ap2aftGtozwQqO4W27fWXm3MCcKnIMRrJSaGJE1R04jtemxi1rvcw8GBS/s1600/IMG_3437.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJzHjaRAVdpgrHhlcjtIFRrrsGLcUNNVhxCKMPsi0rqDAhrqV9um1dZwmzwfj-lKooBW6Zx5-efQ_pLa9K7-Ap2aftGtozwQqO4W27fWXm3MCcKnIMRrJSaGJE1R04jtemxi1rvcw8GBS/s320/IMG_3437.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a batch all done and crispy. Next time I'd like to make the skins a tiny bit thinner, to accomplish this, I may need to add another tsp of xanthan gum for pliability</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiCvPPneybwONtIBVX8-_-ihKXr2yq844mKFFscNd7WphNLKAVG_Zit75unqoJKrqiTv81w2G3feGZotEdUWgCYDjQ9zmMVMUaqo1DeEpt_Gymw8ZzY6vP5TlHYcrYVrjI8bsZGHNxvoL/s1600/IMG_1050.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiCvPPneybwONtIBVX8-_-ihKXr2yq844mKFFscNd7WphNLKAVG_Zit75unqoJKrqiTv81w2G3feGZotEdUWgCYDjQ9zmMVMUaqo1DeEpt_Gymw8ZzY6vP5TlHYcrYVrjI8bsZGHNxvoL/s320/IMG_1050.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I used homegrown Garlic Chives and some Broccoli stems chopped up in them too! Yummy with a dipping sauce made from gluten free soysauce, homegrown Lemon juice, and toasted sesame oil.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJ2ShyphenhyphendV0lhaalgGgCf3mHc251I9zjA1qJI1psXH6KpkuEmyOSR8QyVX6vU3dzAkg8PsNLURkl7kwp_hsDnqw9aLJRckWiDtLeaMAbM9ZQqWpewErrBztr8FPd1gfytd-1ufTA-YIqc43/s1600/IMG_1051.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJ2ShyphenhyphendV0lhaalgGgCf3mHc251I9zjA1qJI1psXH6KpkuEmyOSR8QyVX6vU3dzAkg8PsNLURkl7kwp_hsDnqw9aLJRckWiDtLeaMAbM9ZQqWpewErrBztr8FPd1gfytd-1ufTA-YIqc43/s320/IMG_1051.JPG" /></a></div>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-72410585950172084722012-01-17T21:39:00.000-08:002012-01-17T21:39:44.116-08:00Front Garden Updates<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">The front Garden is starting to wake up from the winter slumber already<br />
This area is the long strip that is planted with Asparagus (Jersey Knight). I planted some Peas and Fava Beans and they have started to sprout, but I noticed these mushrooms before the Pea sprouts, mushrooms are so cute. :-) Does anyone know what these are called? I wouldn't eat them, but I wish I knew what they were called.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCY3wj_-Ew60W1Jk5OdLPgYz2aJN5-xAHxfo-rmz7ze-kKB0AN_csQozp2iHGVKafKaeJ6oXUB3TTDOOmlB66WgaZpf8_XA9ZrC-n4vluMurk7ckW3VWZVkMj5Mydd62cyelxnx0wPozyy/s1600/IMG_0989.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCY3wj_-Ew60W1Jk5OdLPgYz2aJN5-xAHxfo-rmz7ze-kKB0AN_csQozp2iHGVKafKaeJ6oXUB3TTDOOmlB66WgaZpf8_XA9ZrC-n4vluMurk7ckW3VWZVkMj5Mydd62cyelxnx0wPozyy/s320/IMG_0989.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here you can see the Pea sprouts on the sides of the mushroom trio</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKWPy3zq1jQW-VunfptOCVezBayeMrrVJpV16CFS0UXJ07BE9SFV87Y3QWD0DAdzHxWX0QEYoRmj17ZkX_mvsTRNbwsNTNbC35CZcHlJSiVXZs5z_MOWKow7vd2fskquLJGhQz9eJLz6X/s1600/IMG_0990.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKWPy3zq1jQW-VunfptOCVezBayeMrrVJpV16CFS0UXJ07BE9SFV87Y3QWD0DAdzHxWX0QEYoRmj17ZkX_mvsTRNbwsNTNbC35CZcHlJSiVXZs5z_MOWKow7vd2fskquLJGhQz9eJLz6X/s320/IMG_0990.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Pansies grown from seed, they just sprout where the parent plant was, we'll move them sometimes so that they'll line up in a nice ring around the Persimmon tree.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGszl07OJzE0egDbtEfTiM4-ybjU8ZPTmyVQcCn6bzeusz49itev7HBM4PN5Ul0IQf77ALahZk8gtTeeT0zdK7MzOPWmIwO_XUihYPOUbsSt27kPiRb3F4bPT8BWP8WikrjPv_BjK2uWB/s1600/IMG_0993.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGszl07OJzE0egDbtEfTiM4-ybjU8ZPTmyVQcCn6bzeusz49itev7HBM4PN5Ul0IQf77ALahZk8gtTeeT0zdK7MzOPWmIwO_XUihYPOUbsSt27kPiRb3F4bPT8BWP8WikrjPv_BjK2uWB/s320/IMG_0993.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Lupine seedling</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8G5lzutVywHuc5gybty0-lA70aRI0DsA6CvX-SZn2ReHd6tBpFqMh7xp20Jcqflij5dtiVNQvgNFiyGfpBtKV4sRLaCYEbRhdKuGZmfvywLi4FlbgEWupCMfiNqMATRQDc0XE3NW1qUm2/s1600/IMG_0994.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8G5lzutVywHuc5gybty0-lA70aRI0DsA6CvX-SZn2ReHd6tBpFqMh7xp20Jcqflij5dtiVNQvgNFiyGfpBtKV4sRLaCYEbRhdKuGZmfvywLi4FlbgEWupCMfiNqMATRQDc0XE3NW1qUm2/s320/IMG_0994.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Rose and Rock</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHD4lzJ1U3CK36xqcaTqlemArFdwt8UKQrrNXOwiAuLLcF5R5KYXnYHNcZugGvmeJ_itKE_DOo1khVNCPUGGr9ZaARPiDRy-KRp_B4X5wJT1WfBDpAiSOEIB1fgmcyZ6RMhcDiyYr2VV9/s1600/IMG_0998.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHD4lzJ1U3CK36xqcaTqlemArFdwt8UKQrrNXOwiAuLLcF5R5KYXnYHNcZugGvmeJ_itKE_DOo1khVNCPUGGr9ZaARPiDRy-KRp_B4X5wJT1WfBDpAiSOEIB1fgmcyZ6RMhcDiyYr2VV9/s320/IMG_0998.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Succulent Blossoms</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigciDE4n2mXoaQ3w1r2yekLO8O5lPncy4L5zSb6EHkWMwa1zwLMp0Fphdz4YnUxoL21oMY7yQADCKORuaaiQJVArX3CVDzUzNYUoXXHJDKzItKEQqzB-ZuhQGt1tCdGA9R9VU_Xtv2EY_I/s1600/IMG_1001.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigciDE4n2mXoaQ3w1r2yekLO8O5lPncy4L5zSb6EHkWMwa1zwLMp0Fphdz4YnUxoL21oMY7yQADCKORuaaiQJVArX3CVDzUzNYUoXXHJDKzItKEQqzB-ZuhQGt1tCdGA9R9VU_Xtv2EY_I/s320/IMG_1001.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Alauria" our front garden peach tree</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCmmhTJ2z_eOa1RDoss4T3Hhql9Aogv4Kai8GBG6bbLBzOjewxhApJSD4Zqa6WRfA9NvmntDLqDMfFZjH4zwRZHLz-4wzPqTT3Vn5RSJjB1VrNoETfvBIhwtbAxXSGQETNdYGpwl1j_MI/s1600/IMG_1002.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCmmhTJ2z_eOa1RDoss4T3Hhql9Aogv4Kai8GBG6bbLBzOjewxhApJSD4Zqa6WRfA9NvmntDLqDMfFZjH4zwRZHLz-4wzPqTT3Vn5RSJjB1VrNoETfvBIhwtbAxXSGQETNdYGpwl1j_MI/s320/IMG_1002.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty asparagus berries...the neighbor's wall looks almost like sky or snow, ha!</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieC-UNj_W2lPfleOSxaCCKv_EUvHmCcdWkYOTAnLTq2CDKtne2rU-QpTY4pd9Kz9Ngk2SsENNrxFYceA3oKRJ1gB0I4NpHreex4oYE40VZHDjhX69zpYd_lZ4_zm2XcQlIhH_9pHMhjQMB/s1600/IMG_1003.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieC-UNj_W2lPfleOSxaCCKv_EUvHmCcdWkYOTAnLTq2CDKtne2rU-QpTY4pd9Kz9Ngk2SsENNrxFYceA3oKRJ1gB0I4NpHreex4oYE40VZHDjhX69zpYd_lZ4_zm2XcQlIhH_9pHMhjQMB/s320/IMG_1003.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">wildflowers on the east-side of the house</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaAFur5zejzJqgsWWJKy5ZbwJrMrJFEedMuYu4K35nmxPjZu7JMmarCcalv-p3L8WEi5U736YvmxlYcmsV0Qu28tXDmIdtIaajTQ2cltoZDrDwFCwiPB_LfN5LVRrks2zNK1kFv59DTzE/s1600/IMG_1005.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaAFur5zejzJqgsWWJKy5ZbwJrMrJFEedMuYu4K35nmxPjZu7JMmarCcalv-p3L8WEi5U736YvmxlYcmsV0Qu28tXDmIdtIaajTQ2cltoZDrDwFCwiPB_LfN5LVRrks2zNK1kFv59DTzE/s320/IMG_1005.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Wintering (Fuji) apple</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4NgAY5o1cDPNO8FuAK2OWyoUnfGYVnsXwHxns07VrnWtA9e_mSlOrdZW0b2ofQQM_svpa60eS9VAoY_Kt3FyeDBSWyhEd6ZdGcvtEekydmK0q-1KnNV92sFovzhyphenhyphentxWG34gJUo_Zid9N/s1600/IMG_1007.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4NgAY5o1cDPNO8FuAK2OWyoUnfGYVnsXwHxns07VrnWtA9e_mSlOrdZW0b2ofQQM_svpa60eS9VAoY_Kt3FyeDBSWyhEd6ZdGcvtEekydmK0q-1KnNV92sFovzhyphenhyphentxWG34gJUo_Zid9N/s320/IMG_1007.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sleeping beauty, (Akane) apple</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINzOKVEa3x0A2rNtUIFanPKoSdCY8-UtuBKv2pDsJnQ2J1bnWxSe5jZjaBldlGfWzGpZilK9jHmdeVKF3d1A2RfUk7nkWdQzbTzdNMqnM8ounh1F_keSg6FjlRaAoHGDQlZGDcEhJZZzL/s1600/IMG_1009.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINzOKVEa3x0A2rNtUIFanPKoSdCY8-UtuBKv2pDsJnQ2J1bnWxSe5jZjaBldlGfWzGpZilK9jHmdeVKF3d1A2RfUk7nkWdQzbTzdNMqnM8ounh1F_keSg6FjlRaAoHGDQlZGDcEhJZZzL/s320/IMG_1009.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Avocado (Haas)</div><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdXW8heCDJWVS7pKE5KGTXAExN9IWNpezlqYDrxBtziQxlCUCdCwpvXicrGn0ke62X0fmBfL30EEMFRcvKjJ8TEYEk8elW1FIpAh9Yfm8jVEDoE6jZXRaXVAUKTyxkM6bBhZqxvZaDxbM/s320/IMG_1008.JPG" style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" /><br />
Avocado (Haas) blossoms<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzKdt0UbBUqT4-U7lbnNc7iOpjmJts-jZhi7oo3_QLet4mQnRwrjJT5FeNUTG-iqISL4ceIgsR5s7PBq8esuDNC8kzS-lzjV2dMpZKhMOVnyaxp4JZg_vCyqLu_TGt7nm8DfEW-UTjvAj/s1600/IMG_0997.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzKdt0UbBUqT4-U7lbnNc7iOpjmJts-jZhi7oo3_QLet4mQnRwrjJT5FeNUTG-iqISL4ceIgsR5s7PBq8esuDNC8kzS-lzjV2dMpZKhMOVnyaxp4JZg_vCyqLu_TGt7nm8DfEW-UTjvAj/s320/IMG_0997.JPG" /></a></div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Plants growing under the Avocado tree are pretty much self-sown right now. Cosmos, Edible Ice Plant, Johnny Jump-ups, Royal Purple bush-beans and Purple Orach. Along with the Blue Basil pictured at the base of the tree in the full-tree picture above<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXMfxLnaUWPXGUY7vGHW4_o72X3Ippke2fGauGEiawESuuzkJIkywMqXR5mGoWp734eQ0oflBgZ2C-oWU9uGgT-So63s58xKVs6MJaVeNiiy5AeFjfLbQaCBdcvRMvGc7px1M68ZF6vJN/s1600/IMG_1010.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXMfxLnaUWPXGUY7vGHW4_o72X3Ippke2fGauGEiawESuuzkJIkywMqXR5mGoWp734eQ0oflBgZ2C-oWU9uGgT-So63s58xKVs6MJaVeNiiy5AeFjfLbQaCBdcvRMvGc7px1M68ZF6vJN/s320/IMG_1010.JPG" /></a></div>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-31268635317589049382012-01-17T21:21:00.000-08:002012-01-17T21:21:24.235-08:00Garden Updates: January 17, 2012<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">Spring is just around the corner and we have a NEW raised bed!!! This is the 5th bed that has been completed in the expanded 20x20 area. We're thinking of growing some Burdock here since the soil is very soft because it was double dug.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsI_w0jyHnk2z5-QTG8f8zKgCmGmz2wYsUub9AoABsL6x7uDt_DKXM0FSNDK-UL1GV0EH2LM8Xb3JCOEmp4r3j1Rd3EHR3eZFP8EXXzG9Yy8-fYFB-Cpx4thqr0oN6jt2uCLc3h2TD_21t/s1600/IMG_1019.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsI_w0jyHnk2z5-QTG8f8zKgCmGmz2wYsUub9AoABsL6x7uDt_DKXM0FSNDK-UL1GV0EH2LM8Xb3JCOEmp4r3j1Rd3EHR3eZFP8EXXzG9Yy8-fYFB-Cpx4thqr0oN6jt2uCLc3h2TD_21t/s320/IMG_1019.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here I planted some Peas and Pole Beans. The reason why we did both: Mom thought that since the weather is so erratic, we should try to do both types in one bed, one that is heat tolerant (pole beans) and one that is cold tolerant (Peas). Then, if the weather leans to one way or another, we'd have something growing instead of nothing (in case of a crop failure from either too hot or too cold). I said, "What the heck, let's give it a try". We're always experimenting with things, to learn what works and doesn't work. Last week was hot, now this week has been cold and we had a bit of rain.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-FdU60AdB2rDwq9kisdaZBciQbbONrwF4HNnz4GPMWwLwmIBfEowU2FEjXI0e2zaj6O1fFO1U4iXb1GGTPGeAWgRN9RM7XOEZQnB-x3Mbrj9lSyk2WbgRiiSZYPz23mN8vvlGLSqgAg1-/s1600/IMG_1018.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-FdU60AdB2rDwq9kisdaZBciQbbONrwF4HNnz4GPMWwLwmIBfEowU2FEjXI0e2zaj6O1fFO1U4iXb1GGTPGeAWgRN9RM7XOEZQnB-x3Mbrj9lSyk2WbgRiiSZYPz23mN8vvlGLSqgAg1-/s320/IMG_1018.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Mitsuba grown from last year's seed. It's self sown, see the larger Mitsuba on the left side (the pot is barely in the pic) That's the parent plant and it dropped it's seeds on the pot centered here.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheU-WwaoPXgyCVVJLhDm-d4G2RCXSWH6uyD4ArKZvExTko1QSr-K0_7hMgoSVu3fkDgMxVcd-JC-r1Xz92qRozy8PBoWAYR5i9DswCIDLJ9XVcRX1bcg_ppwfyfTQ5qFjgFvkXtFuh-lW5/s1600/IMG_1016.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheU-WwaoPXgyCVVJLhDm-d4G2RCXSWH6uyD4ArKZvExTko1QSr-K0_7hMgoSVu3fkDgMxVcd-JC-r1Xz92qRozy8PBoWAYR5i9DswCIDLJ9XVcRX1bcg_ppwfyfTQ5qFjgFvkXtFuh-lW5/s320/IMG_1016.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Daikon Radish on the side of the Broccoli plants are starting to mature</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0NjbIUyeJMooU1MhW_2FMOPmOqBTSa4pWGubfVWThQtlGMobQEBfwhke4FTUm1Lx5AJqvyFvYGnU5IoEzoY8QmXCqWo_FiLioe8kIvviwIiYDFoiUId5tBxoeyTiq7tvRUPEc4qSYeE8/s1600/IMG_1022.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0NjbIUyeJMooU1MhW_2FMOPmOqBTSa4pWGubfVWThQtlGMobQEBfwhke4FTUm1Lx5AJqvyFvYGnU5IoEzoY8QmXCqWo_FiLioe8kIvviwIiYDFoiUId5tBxoeyTiq7tvRUPEc4qSYeE8/s320/IMG_1022.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Found a chrysalis on the broccoli leaf! I snagged the leaf and took it indoors and placed it in an aerated jar, as a Biology instructional tool for homeschool!</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cQ-tKUe5AbJ2QkLsNT7vSDF9Yk37Q_jxin2xpK4Vm5iH3_xTeyd6aYjYm94VbHz9cfs7trFVPZtqrX9-OOKLVo9zvOI5LpS2LnBuINxXAnBFk5Zujo6sP-jXhS4P9PguUJSFIi5JkmVs/s1600/IMG_1027.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cQ-tKUe5AbJ2QkLsNT7vSDF9Yk37Q_jxin2xpK4Vm5iH3_xTeyd6aYjYm94VbHz9cfs7trFVPZtqrX9-OOKLVo9zvOI5LpS2LnBuINxXAnBFk5Zujo6sP-jXhS4P9PguUJSFIi5JkmVs/s320/IMG_1027.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Loquat blossoms, it's really early this year</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoNaXg05xCK4bt2bZGzTrkKS-SOsxkBB79qfsif6PnWPtKuOOx4BJAoGNbGe8cfo3cngk2uFyC1io3bsvDrMYVme7jiP-n1EueT6thfF1-GAKBv6A0I5GqR047KNIXVIvhpYMwcQi3rHZ/s1600/IMG_1017.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoNaXg05xCK4bt2bZGzTrkKS-SOsxkBB79qfsif6PnWPtKuOOx4BJAoGNbGe8cfo3cngk2uFyC1io3bsvDrMYVme7jiP-n1EueT6thfF1-GAKBv6A0I5GqR047KNIXVIvhpYMwcQi3rHZ/s320/IMG_1017.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Kumquats just about ready</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPbjpeBNJ0SI7lYYg5cDDCKBnKI_Ok_X4o76dRORjAj-iSj3HXa2BM1XS7-wXgU4FQ_9KY2L_QdVdkuynMQzma-I3ef2eIvTwA9dsvkWSB7eZcjyf-PP9J22t8Zz-D_1WJ8ACqlfSWuYJ/s1600/IMG_1013.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPbjpeBNJ0SI7lYYg5cDDCKBnKI_Ok_X4o76dRORjAj-iSj3HXa2BM1XS7-wXgU4FQ_9KY2L_QdVdkuynMQzma-I3ef2eIvTwA9dsvkWSB7eZcjyf-PP9J22t8Zz-D_1WJ8ACqlfSWuYJ/s320/IMG_1013.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The "Chard that won't quit", Daikon Radishes and some Spanish Black Radish in the pots</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcKxAJYwqu4GkKIsaCsmaEq5nrkvV0tosAgCkEWDQTaE0Bx1m2MhIALauPGqS7Sy6rKAh2Zo5klrt2tkmRr55cosxNuQY5PmJAxJTPu4roGU0B57jy25zQt-0iA0zv5f77qxftGHCAFRt/s1600/IMG_1014.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcKxAJYwqu4GkKIsaCsmaEq5nrkvV0tosAgCkEWDQTaE0Bx1m2MhIALauPGqS7Sy6rKAh2Zo5klrt2tkmRr55cosxNuQY5PmJAxJTPu4roGU0B57jy25zQt-0iA0zv5f77qxftGHCAFRt/s320/IMG_1014.JPG" /></a></div>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-36017221250490110972012-01-16T18:33:00.000-08:002012-01-17T21:08:58.738-08:00Annual Scion Exchange at the California Rare Fruit Growers Mtg!<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">I was very excited to go to the Annual Scion Exchange at the California Rare Fruit Growers meeting at the Arboretum. My Mom and I learned the basics of grafting. We also got a LOT of new types of scion cuttings! For peaches, we got Pilgrim, Eva's Pride, Stark Saturn, Red Baron and also a Goldmine Nectarine. We got a Mutsu apple scion, and for persimmon, we got the Fuyu, as our tree is a Jiro(although the tag said Fuyu!) We also got some Chaya and Dragon Fruit cuttings along with a pink Amaryllis bulb. I also got a Cuban Oregano, which I've tried growing before, but it was killed by frost. Perhaps, I'll try to keep them alive like the Basil, keep them in a vase of water until the frost is over.<br />
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Chaya and Dragon Fruit cuttings along with a pink Amaryllis.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnidoscolus_aconitifolius" target="_blank">Chaya</a> has some beneficial properties, but it must be cooked for at least 20 min to break the glucoside which can release the cyanide.<br />
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wikipedia: "<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Chaya is a good source of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Protein">protein</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Vitamin">vitamins</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Calcium">calcium</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Iron">iron</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">; and is also a rich source of antioxidants.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnidoscolus_aconitifolius#cite_note-7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[8]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> However, raw chaya leaves are toxic as they contain a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucoside" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Glucoside">glucoside</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> that can release toxic </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Cyanide">cyanide</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">. Cooking is essential prior to consumption to inactivate the toxic components; in this chaya is similar to</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassava" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Cassava">cassava</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, which also contains toxic hydrocyanic glycosides and must be cooked before being eaten."</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPm9-s8eGnhtziAuQkdxs7dMGoVixGsw89LGBumozrm-mEwo2OrH6j-qh4r1M8KjgaBE1qnfRg0ObSvdlZ0xqeNYkAuWW9Ql0Kp7TjnTyj1Kco48tmv2bilTkAHnkfIdKN1CayX1VUe17/s1600/IMG_1028.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPm9-s8eGnhtziAuQkdxs7dMGoVixGsw89LGBumozrm-mEwo2OrH6j-qh4r1M8KjgaBE1qnfRg0ObSvdlZ0xqeNYkAuWW9Ql0Kp7TjnTyj1Kco48tmv2bilTkAHnkfIdKN1CayX1VUe17/s320/IMG_1028.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Fortunately, I had a spare peach tree we had grown from seed, sitting in the back against the house, so I took it as an opportunity to practice this new-found knowledge! I grafted 8 branches with 4 varieties, 2 scions of each: Pilgrim, Eva's Pride, Stark Saturn(white fleshed, donut type), and Goldmine Nectarine. I'll do the Red Baron tomorrow. I hope at least some of them take! The peach tree we grew from seed is a mystery tree, it hasn't borne fruit yet as it is just turning 3 years this spring. In Japanese proverbs, they say, "Peach, Chestnut 3 years, Persimmon 8 years" <span style="font-family: 'MS PGothic', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px; text-align: left;">「桃栗3年柿8年」 </span>So, we're hoping to get some blossoms this year from both peaches, this one and Alauria, the front yard peach, which we didn't touch for this grafting.</div><h3 class="r" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BsDMw4jUNYSrqEAEARUYT2EVbk70rHsIrzZZsuQ3jLqucHCNsrB-ObQULa9chaG4MGsWcz38wPznAbZHoeVJplZWOGVrQUG3ivazUvkT1x8aartlS79g6nEGGoX1aZp8wM4zYRhx6Ty6/s1600/IMG_1031_red.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BsDMw4jUNYSrqEAEARUYT2EVbk70rHsIrzZZsuQ3jLqucHCNsrB-ObQULa9chaG4MGsWcz38wPznAbZHoeVJplZWOGVrQUG3ivazUvkT1x8aartlS79g6nEGGoX1aZp8wM4zYRhx6Ty6/s320/IMG_1031_red.jpg" /></a></h3><div style="text-align: center;">They showed us by using Medical Parafilm and wrapping that on the young scion-wood first (this keeps the scion from drying out), then cutting a wedge on the end of the scion, and making a cut on the parent plant and splitting the cut and shoving the wedge in and making sure the green live parts are matching, and taping it some more with the Parafilm. Once that's done, they told us to use a rubber band the split parent wood so that the joining tissues are tight. The tip they gave us about the Parafilm: "Don't cut holes out for the new buds when the graft takes! It will dessicate the scion and kill it! The new growth will push out without any help and by then the graft will be well established. The rubber band will fall apart on it's own about the same time as when the branch growth would need more expansion."</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCFwPUd_1-LGWBt7cPm_gP8mG7V9BHNJVrXMra2sPEm5blwOV80s9D2iAbOOdBR6nJUdu5m2Mj9RaJ8gk-7mQbVeZIEeGHA0A6_I_irFtlFBwz_1jYrGTn8L-nnXNVzuPS-HDoeMM0nop/s1600/IMG_1035.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCFwPUd_1-LGWBt7cPm_gP8mG7V9BHNJVrXMra2sPEm5blwOV80s9D2iAbOOdBR6nJUdu5m2Mj9RaJ8gk-7mQbVeZIEeGHA0A6_I_irFtlFBwz_1jYrGTn8L-nnXNVzuPS-HDoeMM0nop/s320/IMG_1035.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I'd like to hear your grafting tips, what works great for you and what doesn't. :-)</div>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-49509537118440484902012-01-10T20:24:00.000-08:002012-01-10T20:24:21.074-08:00This is an OUTRAGE! Government punishing productive Hobby Farmer<a href="http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/2010/09/14/cabbage-gate-punish-the-productive-georgia-county-sues-local-farmer-for-growing-too-many-vegetables-on-his-land/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Government punishing productive Hobby Farmer</span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">His crime is growing too many crops for the property’s zoning in Clarkston, GA.</span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">"</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Say WHAT????</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">"Miller is not an illegal alien, isn’t growing anything illegal, isn’t asking for government hand-outs or bail-outs, works with his own hands and skills on his own land to provide food for himself and others… so </span><em style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">yeah</em><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">, punishing the productive is the bullying government’s narrow path of action."</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">Everyone of you just trying to be good stewards out there, WE ARE IN DANGER of the same crime imposed on us!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">We need to find a way to help him and fight this madness. If you are trying to grow more food for health, or for the earth's health or both, he is one of us.</span></span></span>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-68269221138925474192012-01-10T19:06:00.000-08:002012-01-10T19:07:03.336-08:00<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">So here it is! The hole for the grape vine!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmbJOcsHe6T1A_phXs66LDjypigNFYIl8ynoTOGtWSfeYT8-PID4ViWqPTvjyc4hGO7gXOqeUFdZRS1KpdHagY-ICVkJWUphDT3qrNGf5jnZe0JisbO1sma-Z_iV9zt389feVAkUGqeiV/s1600/IMG_3435.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmbJOcsHe6T1A_phXs66LDjypigNFYIl8ynoTOGtWSfeYT8-PID4ViWqPTvjyc4hGO7gXOqeUFdZRS1KpdHagY-ICVkJWUphDT3qrNGf5jnZe0JisbO1sma-Z_iV9zt389feVAkUGqeiV/s320/IMG_3435.JPG" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">After planting, and proud daddy.</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQ_ItRwfohmina2W0hQa8F_A45GBPJhFpeCS-ITBAhiIb2ZR0Bux8Lc_NDl_bxKh0f44El1fVIFgKgVZUcf0R5Zmubp0zvshkm1J7nLYLs-rQJAHrmYSDp_u1gInkEZIFtBPeyXqxuLTa/s1600/IMG_0985.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQ_ItRwfohmina2W0hQa8F_A45GBPJhFpeCS-ITBAhiIb2ZR0Bux8Lc_NDl_bxKh0f44El1fVIFgKgVZUcf0R5Zmubp0zvshkm1J7nLYLs-rQJAHrmYSDp_u1gInkEZIFtBPeyXqxuLTa/s320/IMG_0985.JPG" /></a> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the opposite angle</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPp_HeiSUzvir8aB9W5yKNw33an44BaViurBp32D5M41RjU5vOCma0vZPE0jY802RvUhSTTt5gJ9QugNfnB684Drp_kvFZVtw2zHNcFl6Y-zh0U2HDEGWxPGsnAhfx5eaxAfBtZlH4zvh/s1600/IMG_0986.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPp_HeiSUzvir8aB9W5yKNw33an44BaViurBp32D5M41RjU5vOCma0vZPE0jY802RvUhSTTt5gJ9QugNfnB684Drp_kvFZVtw2zHNcFl6Y-zh0U2HDEGWxPGsnAhfx5eaxAfBtZlH4zvh/s320/IMG_0986.JPG" /></a> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Now for some backyard news: We decided to keep the Russets as they seemed to tolerate that nasty frost-kill much better and look how they've recoverd! I'm planning on planting another row of Russets and it'll be ready a bit later than these.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjCfc0fzLtukKA1cv1RzrjSuKaWXs0y9XSFq295g3W-O5B1IpPc7nAhr47_6yitJCdamL-siVrbv310WCjytcFu3-8AYP1ZYw_EgkAfvdX3ZbRJisIqCkvKx63LusDWMozYqZSb5g3dXE/s1600/IMG_0980.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjCfc0fzLtukKA1cv1RzrjSuKaWXs0y9XSFq295g3W-O5B1IpPc7nAhr47_6yitJCdamL-siVrbv310WCjytcFu3-8AYP1ZYw_EgkAfvdX3ZbRJisIqCkvKx63LusDWMozYqZSb5g3dXE/s320/IMG_0980.JPG" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mom cut half of the Feijoa Guava tree, since it's always blocking one of the beds and it's not a great fruiter. Or that the fruit will not be very tasty. It can produce as a compact bush, so we shall see this year.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgKS6rrEk-nqVRMOblH44dESqyN7BWcYv1M3cSPOQwZCZfVk8gQgSb9tK15eRGOjwn4PAp4uhtEJELIj09PT2Wwuwyzn_eTWxx2yclviNR6IfxdL3UUyFGAwI7BDz6H330MGUQp2NuRJJ/s1600/IMG_0982.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgKS6rrEk-nqVRMOblH44dESqyN7BWcYv1M3cSPOQwZCZfVk8gQgSb9tK15eRGOjwn4PAp4uhtEJELIj09PT2Wwuwyzn_eTWxx2yclviNR6IfxdL3UUyFGAwI7BDz6H330MGUQp2NuRJJ/s320/IMG_0982.JPG" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Guava tree is the same size as the fence now, on the ground you can see the cut branches</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRNHMPeWRsyyYvt4Iw5SixCl3iik2RLygsAzlQvj1kspqOGWHNHfTmA6KPD3OIVEG7IWb6N9NE_d-C9nZDKoV4JfIO1ZTuAFfqFFkEzzHZKA837PnEwNCE1qsjB9uEHU4FYPfrapCTpIQ/s1600/IMG_0981.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRNHMPeWRsyyYvt4Iw5SixCl3iik2RLygsAzlQvj1kspqOGWHNHfTmA6KPD3OIVEG7IWb6N9NE_d-C9nZDKoV4JfIO1ZTuAFfqFFkEzzHZKA837PnEwNCE1qsjB9uEHU4FYPfrapCTpIQ/s320/IMG_0981.JPG" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">The bed closest to us is now a little more sunny. The middle front bed is growing Garlic and some Carrot seedlings. I just planted some lettuces as well. The far left front bed is growing Bulb Onions and Carrots. The back left bed has Spinach, Beets and Chard, although the latter 2 are still very small seedlings. The middle back bed has Bulb Onions that we started last year and some Lettuces. The right back bed has Daikon Radishes, one Chard plant that survived all torture, and Spanish Black Radish seedlings in pots waiting to be planted (not shown)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRHJrNSkwp_wyVxRAVDdAhPVqYGb7UMMowa8N3UvcIgk-wCaJpZLebEnBidDirqEMM1L7OxG-PeW2NV5vm4_CNvNf-q6VvAqKeCBqmXu0KxfoKIENzr_wJoD6IYaUgsPUrEtTWcaYtXeo/s1600/IMG_0983.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRHJrNSkwp_wyVxRAVDdAhPVqYGb7UMMowa8N3UvcIgk-wCaJpZLebEnBidDirqEMM1L7OxG-PeW2NV5vm4_CNvNf-q6VvAqKeCBqmXu0KxfoKIENzr_wJoD6IYaUgsPUrEtTWcaYtXeo/s320/IMG_0983.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lori found something in the orange tree, and was curious enough to climb a rock to take a closer look. Maybe it's a butterfly... I couldn't see it from the angle I was in, from the inside the house. I thought it was interesting that the shadow on her face looks like a swallowtail butterfly with an extra long tail.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVyeh_SqoBtHpSMtnaw3cTUcJUvguwDsaC1mHrMuioCcCCbxFVXkjUDaFBjy0YEMRJfD9LVAGLTKLad8SFvPRdOuUJ8TW9ojKoHImtdRinuebzXUCK-9ZT7XNXPkp2gTEXmWLCahDi_ee/s1600/IMG_0953.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVyeh_SqoBtHpSMtnaw3cTUcJUvguwDsaC1mHrMuioCcCCbxFVXkjUDaFBjy0YEMRJfD9LVAGLTKLad8SFvPRdOuUJ8TW9ojKoHImtdRinuebzXUCK-9ZT7XNXPkp2gTEXmWLCahDi_ee/s320/IMG_0953.JPG" /></a></div></div><br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Indoor plants. These are the plants in our dining room window sill. The far left plant (it has a tiny 2" pot) is a Vanilla Orchid climbing on top of the flowering Christmas Cactus. I really have to repot that thing, but I've heard that orchids flower better under stress. Do you know anything about orchids? Next to the Cactus is a white Phalaenopsis.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGld10dHZJr61XiJRNbaBeJiX_LJ8uwn5j2DISfvg3ymG28Wg9jaH0l9sMtbhtamTpkn1rGQXUvtFeg8YuNdzysFOQ73etc1IV0NFv8ljkZrtkF_8xnIZWPdMGPyKdXUIMs1NNBkX5k5h/s1600/IMG_0958.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGld10dHZJr61XiJRNbaBeJiX_LJ8uwn5j2DISfvg3ymG28Wg9jaH0l9sMtbhtamTpkn1rGQXUvtFeg8YuNdzysFOQ73etc1IV0NFv8ljkZrtkF_8xnIZWPdMGPyKdXUIMs1NNBkX5k5h/s320/IMG_0958.JPG" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">We've decided to try the lazy way of preserving heat loving plants, taking the cuttings and keeping in them water, indoors. The Blue Basil responded wonderfully with tons of new roots and is blossoming(it had small buds when I picked them)! The Sweet Potato was just started this week, so we'll see if they'll root. The far much has a leek and chinese celery bought from the store. I'm trying to see if they'll root so I can grow them and harvest seeds. These are the lazy ways of acquiring seeds or starting new plants. It WORKS! Raising Basil this way is by far the easiest. Instead of fiddling with tiny seeds that have a low germination rate, rooting the cuttings is almost a sure fire way. Plus, it's pretty in the window. :-) These are sitting on the ledge of our front window. Lazy farming is the way to go when you have so many other chores to do around the house!</div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNvZElBEs8M83qRcGrnoIR902O7C6JQEZuDE2CcSUEJWUKGYzbWeFLYGilHzmPrHFG1YBfx1uaTeAa3vCrEgHkRd2EF9vajkucxOIkhPxQVLU1vJXcJmGxyGJe4rDji8V789aYA2KkQCz/s1600/IMG_0988.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNvZElBEs8M83qRcGrnoIR902O7C6JQEZuDE2CcSUEJWUKGYzbWeFLYGilHzmPrHFG1YBfx1uaTeAa3vCrEgHkRd2EF9vajkucxOIkhPxQVLU1vJXcJmGxyGJe4rDji8V789aYA2KkQCz/s320/IMG_0988.JPG" /></a></div></div>AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-19030106126636879942012-01-09T03:27:00.000-08:002012-01-09T03:27:28.356-08:00New Year's Plans, Goals & DreamsTim was able to dig and plant the Kyohou Grape vine in the front garden this weekend! (pics to come) Yaaaaay!!! This has been a long awaited event and I'm so glad he did so this weekend as the weather has been EXTREMELY HOT this past week, and I'm afraid if this keeps up, the trees will break dormancy. Now we can breath a short sigh of relief as this grape can grow to it's potential this year and hopefully produce a decent crop. (And maybe we can make grape juice or.....even wine! Wine-making...sheesh...another project in itself!)<br />
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I've been pondering about what I want to accomplish this year in 2012.<br />
In keeping with the self-reliance train of thought, I've always wanted to learn more about solar panels.<br />
So, this year, I'd like to do just that: Learn how solar panels work and even make some.<br />
They may be crude, but if it works, I can make them for a LOT less than if I were to purchase them from a vendor.<br />
It'll also make for an excellent Science Project for my son's on-going homeschooling.<br />
Plus, it's just RAD(ha! who uses that word anymore, right?) to know you have the "power", yes...cheesy pun intended.<br />
So, hopefully by the end of the year, we'll figure out how to convert Photons into Electrons with charge!<br />
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Another goal I'd like to pursue, is to learn the ropes on selling some excess fruits from our garden at our local Farmer's Market. I've never been business oriented, but we have plenty of fruit and if it helps our income, that would be AWESOME!<br />
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We're also planning on raising rabbits. You may be wondering, what for? As pets?<br />
Well...we're trying to figure that one too. We are all city-slickers. We've never been raised on a farm (including my mom). So raising animals for meat does make us somewhat queasy. So, we're going to raise them initially, then decide if we have the "guts" (oh no, another pun) to do the dirty work.<br />
Meanwhile, they do make excellent manures that can be used almost immediately in the gardens, since they are not as "hot" as poultry or cow manures. If we feed them to the worms, it would make the richest soil EVER as well.<br />
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If push comes to shove on food becoming scarce, we have a backup plan for a protein source.AJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.com4