So there was a beautiful ladybug on one of my tomato leaves today. Looks like 12 spots, made for some great composition, got the ripening tomato in the background, along with the steel cage... Wait... Why are you on the tomato!?!? Yeah- turns out one or two green aphids decided to come visit my ill … Continue reading Tomato update
So I want to plant the mitsuba. I have seeds not a plant so... a better way to construct that first sentence might be: I want to sow the mitsuba. Mitsuba, or Japanese parsley is a woodland plant native to Japan. It likes shade, which means the workbench is the perfect temporary home for a … Continue reading Planting the Mitsuba
I can't grow those. But I can enjoy the ones that come with herbs and veggies. Such as this, the hyssop. Or the eternal favorite with every bee and butterfly in the area- the blue basil! Or the triffids fava beans who had a friend today! I keep wanting to pet bumble bees. I have … Continue reading Flowers
There is a hardware store in Japan town across from peace plaza that sells seeds! Specifically Japanese seeds- though the company is based in Oakland. I could have bought pretty much anything there, but I settled for these two. I have already decided that the monstreux de viroflay type spinach is what I want to … Continue reading Japan town seed haul
My mom took this shot- you can really tell she used to be a professional photographer once upon a time. The beans gave up another pound of goodness. I don't know how much more the plants will produce but I'm down for it. I remember when I was a child- I was such a picky … Continue reading The view from the beans
The Neanderthal Gardens 