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October. Bulbs, new plant room, late harvests
on Oct 11, 2009 in Tulip Lycoris figs "home improvement" narcissus grapes As noted earlier, it's been difficult doing gardening, keeping up with the house, working working working, and looking after others. So here we are.Currently, figs are ripening. During September, Hardy Chicago was very productive, with a few dozen fi...
August Iris Care
on Aug 21, 2009 in iris The clumps of bearded irises are becoming crowded and messy. I didn't weed or water them this summer. They are not hurt much, if at all, by the lack of watering. The weeds didn't grow much due to the same factor, but there were still enough to need m...
Kitchen Garden Log
on Aug 21, 2009 in beans tomato Eggplant pepper pear Fresh tomatoes, peaches, peppers, and eggplant. I also picked 2-dozen pears yesterday - at the stage where they come loose from the tree when barely nudged. Last weekend, we picked 1 dozen peaches from Honey Babe. Summer Gold isn't even close t...
Figs: Summer crop harvest
on Aug 12, 2009 in fig ficus carica Over the past 2 weeks, all of the breba figs ripened. These are the "Summer crop". The number was very limited, although the trees are loaded for fall (main) crop.Not pictured, I tasted the first 'ever' figs from the Lattarula and King trees. Each ha...
Annual flowering of the Tan Hua, or Bunga Bakawali
on Aug 12, 2009 in epiphylum oxypetallum epiphyllum More accurately, it is an Epiphyllum oxypetallum, jungle-dwelling cacti that live on tree branches and rocky outcrops far above the forest floor.This cactus was started from a cutting, given to me by a friend. Her mother brought it to the US from Hon...
Backyard Chicken Day
on Aug 2, 2009 in chickens The hens are settling into a new routine. Today, I cleaned their egg house and hen house and gave them a thick layer of fresh straw. The straw from the the egg house went for mulch. It contains minimal chicken poop. The straw from the chicken house a...