Friday, December 21, 2018

Trovita Orange

3 oranges turning slightly orange.

Sunday, December 2, 2018

Washington Navel

First year for Washington Navel Tree we planted from Yamagami's last Spring.

Saturday, November 24, 2018

End of Tomatoes

Dug up tomato plants from Earth Box today.   These are the final stragglers.

Limes

First time a lime FELL off the tree, we have so many now.

Sunday, November 11, 2018

Tomatoes in November

Some big tomatoes turning red in mid November.

Saturday, October 27, 2018

Crocus

Planted 20 crocus blubs in the front yard, near the chimney.

Cherry Tomatoes

Still getting them, even though the plant looks bad.

Monday, October 22, 2018

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Yellow Daffodil

Planted 28 bulbs on North side of house, near the Orange tree.

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

October Harvest

Still getting figs, cherry tomatoes, and lots more strawberries!

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Daffodil Bulbs

Planted 10 bulbs in the front flower bed.

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Fall Planting

Started 6 peas & 3 beets indoors today.

Monday, September 10, 2018

Saturday, September 8, 2018

17 Figs

While we were on vacation ...

Saturday, September 1, 2018

Saturday, August 25, 2018

Onions & Seeds

Pulled up the onions.  Not a great crop.  Scattered the onion seeds in the front raised bed to see if they grow.

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Limes & Figs

Getting a bunch of limes, and the 2nd crop of figs is starting up.

Friday, August 17, 2018

Tamarind Tree

Tamarind seed still growing into a tree.

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Little Orange

First little Orange on the Trovita tree.

Saturday, August 11, 2018

Grass seed

Planted protected grass seed today.  Should sprout in 6 to 14 days.

Friday, August 3, 2018

More Tomatoes

Medium tomatoes ripening at a nice slow pace.  Green ones still coming!

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

2nd Melon

Smaller than the first.  Burpee's Ambrosia Hybrid Cantaloupe.

Saturday, July 28, 2018

1st Melon

4 months after sewing the seeds.  Five more still growing.

Monday, July 23, 2018

Tomatoes & Lime

Home made salsa using home grown tomatoes and a lime (juice).

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Strawberries

Small crop of berries (and lemon juice) were made into a Kentucky Kiss cocktail today.

Monday, July 16, 2018

16 Tomatoes

Medium soup tomatoes

Sunday, July 8, 2018

Trovita Flowers

After losing all it's fruit this Spring, the Trovita Orange now has a bunch of flowers in the middle of Summer!

Monday, July 2, 2018

Big Tomatoes

The large Tomatoes are starting to turn red.

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Monday, June 25, 2018

First Fig

Lots more green ones ...

Green Tomatoes & Melon

Not ripe yet.

Monday, June 18, 2018

Second Onion

Onion stalks are big this year, but bulbs are small.  Recycling onions from last year is not going too good.

Saturday, June 16, 2018

Cantaloupe

4 burpee "ambrosia hybrid" plants growing in EarthBox.

Saturday, June 9, 2018

First Onion

Harvested first Onion.

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Onion Bed

My onions look like aliens!

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Tamarind Tree

Planted a seed from a tamarind fruit candy I bought in Ensenada, Mexico.

Sunday, May 6, 2018

Alyssum Seedlings

Planted from Burpee's seeds a few weeks ago.  Tranplanted larger ones in front of house.

Saturday, April 21, 2018

Artichoke

First artichoke from last year's planting.

Sunday, April 15, 2018

EasiOyYa

Planted 8 flowers (Cosmos Sonata Mix) from Osh in the front raised bed.  Installed the EasiOyYa watering kit to water these flowers.

Monday, April 2, 2018

Washington Navel

Planted standard size tree from Yamagami's in front lawn.

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Cantaloupe

Transplanted Burpee's Ambrosia Hybrid Cantaloupe seedlings into EarthBox that used to grow peas.

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Seedlings

Growing Burpee's Ambrosia Hybrid Cantaloupe from seed.

Monday, March 26, 2018

Trovita Orange

Planted Trovita (Navel) Orange tree from Yamagami's near the same spot as the (removed) Pittisporum.  It is a semi dwarf tree that produces a little later than traditional navels.

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Spring Buds

Asian pear and Fig trees are starting to grow leaves and flowers.

Saturday, March 24, 2018

2018 New Socks

4 new pair of smartwool socks!