So the front patch was looking more than a little weedy and overgrown, with the jade plants kinda taking over the place. The solution was a little weeding- and more jade plants. See? It needed some work. Clearing out the weeds was no problem, and then I planted my two new specimens. I nestled my … Continue reading Fixing up the front
My garlic chive madness has abated- now that I have one in a pot and three in the shade bed. Garlic chives are like cowbells. The answer is always more cowbell- and more garlic chives. But I had more to plant today then the garlic chives, and I got a fair amount done on my … Continue reading July planting and experiments
So A few nice plants came through the door of my local garden center, and with my employee discount, a purchase was in order. I'll have some projects for my days off- which is how I like it. These are jade plants. Interesting jade plants. I'll talk more about them when they have their own … Continue reading Upcoming projects or; the infinite madness of garlic chives
So by not trimming the sucker stems on my Black Krim I now have a rather gorgeous fruit growing on a very unstable branch. The solution is a stake. Of course, this is one of the two pots I used the old rusty tomato cages in, so now this pot has an old rusty tomato … Continue reading Trying tomatoes
The real advantage of gardening in San Francisco is that planting season rules are a lot like the pirate code. Guidelines. Guidelines that I cheerfully ignore. Sure I might get a failure or two (or three or four) but due to the weird late fall hot weather I might get some wild successes. There are … Continue reading Late June plantings
The Neanderthal Gardens 