Someone browsing my FlickR stream commented on this picture of one of last year’s hydroponic fence planters and asked, “what are the steps involved in starting an eggplant hydroponic growth system?” I wrote a quick answer, and then realized that there are probably readers of this blog who’d like to know, too!
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Home Hydroponics: Yes, You Can!
Posted in hydroponic, mybayareagarden, tagged diy, egglplant, hydroponics, mybayareagarden on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bloomtacular
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged backyard, beans, containers, flower, hydroponic, mybayareagarden, Untitled on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the part on Sprockets where we BLOOM!!
We’ve had some chills, thrills, and most recently a little heat wave, and by now just about everything is blooming. The coriander/cilantro is going exuberantly to seed, which helps the pollinators and gives me green coriander to put in the freezer, as well as dry [...]
Spring Garden Season
Posted in 150 mile diet, backyard, biological controls, eat locally, garden, tagged compost, fertilizing, garden prep, greensand, mybayareagarden, peas, spring, strawberries on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s here, and it’s in full swing. The past month has been kind of like that song on the radio, “you’re hot and you’re cold”. We went from some early March days in shirtsleeves to a couple of weeks of cold-n-rainy, then some nice daytimes with back down the mid-40’s at night. [...]
Our Buddy, Corn
Posted in mybayareagarden, tagged advice, corn, maize, mybayareagarden on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The corn is as low as an elephant’s toe? Just 2 or 3 weeks ago, it was about 70 centimeters and still going strong!
I saved a draft of this post a couple of weeks ago, and really want to get it out there for my garden buddies who may just be getting started [...]
Community Garden Visit
Posted in community garden, mybayareagarden, tagged charles street gardens, community garden, mybayareagarden on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The bee and butterfly garden is coming into full bloom, just a few paces away from our garden bed.
I really love working in the community garden, and even more so now that we have our own garden bed. For the first year or two, I didn’t really want a bed because I have [...]
Springing back from the heat wave
Posted in critters, mybayareagarden, tagged cats, heat wave, herbs, mybayareagarden on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nobody has moved into any of my fence birdhouses yet, alas. I will try putting a few up under the eaves in the shade. Cornflowers came up nicely this year, though!
We had another of our spring heat waves this past week, with daytime temps in the high 90’s (F) and daily watering [...]
Flavoring Your Summer Veggies, Right Now
Posted in advice, backyard, mybayareagarden, tagged flavor, minerals, mybayareagarden, soil amendments, vegetables on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently someone commented on an older posting of mine that some of last year’s veggies seemed to have no flavor. I think my reply may be of general interest, so I thought I’d post it instead of just replying privately.
Hi Raqui,
The discolored bean leaves I would say are cold damaged. The plant should [...]
More Stir-Fry Spikes, and A Pleasant Surprise
Posted in greens, mybayareagarden, surprise, tomatoes, tagged greens, mybayareagarden, surprise, tomatoes on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The warm weather continues to draw up delicious flower stalks from my Asian greens. I harvested a large colander full of tsatsoi leaves and flower spikes, as well as spikes from my joi choi in the hydroponic fence planters. The choi in the ground-level planters is barely starting to form central buds, as [...]
Winter Greens: Getting Spiky About Spring
Posted in broccoli, edible flowers, garden, greens, joi choi, mybayareagarden, stir-fry, tsatsoi, winter, tagged broccoli, edible flowers, greens, joi choi, mybayareagarden, tsatsoi on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome, Weekend Herb Blogging readers!
Not only are winter greens easy and fun to grow, they like to surprise you now and then by deciding that Spring must be here. With all the recent (relatively) warmer rain, some of my asian stir-fry greens seem to have decided to Go For It and see about flowering. [...]
Easy Fall Greens via Hydroponics
Posted in containers, greens, hydroponic, lettuce, mybayareagarden, tagged containers, greens, hydroponic, lettuce, mybayareagarden on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome, Weekend Herb Blogging readers. Doesn’t that look scrumptious? A crisp, shiny rosette of tsa tsoi, a tangy Chinese green that makes excellent stir fry material.
The best part is that I’m getting these delicious winter greens with almost no work, and I won’t be composting them or digging out the planters to [...]
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