Showing posts with label apricot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apricot. Show all posts

Monday, March 05, 2007

Poodles Love Spring Weather


Other weekend garden tasks -
The 'winter sow' letttuce didn't come up. So I replanted the container with cilantro.
The Chinese Apricot was planted (from Lowes, "Prunus armeniaca "Chinese").
Picked up a back of used coffee grounds from Starbucks.
That's about all.
Interesting web site on gardening by nature's signs: phenology. This will be a topic to develop.
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Sunday, March 04, 2007

Harbingers of Spring. Chinese chives. Asparagus. Anigozanthos #3

These were planted about 3 years ago. Each cluster was one bulb. I keep thinking of the old Carly Simon song, "Anticipation".
The Chines chives are one of the first plants to start growing. They are also one of the first to produce an edible crop in the Spring. I did have some scallions today from a multiplier onion.
Despite the problem of not enough space, I planted some asparagus today. This was a tomato patch this year, but the tomatoes did not do well in this location. The asparagus should at least provide some wispy greenery, and maybe some vegetables in 2 or 3 years.
It's a good thing that I dont drink or gamble. Here is another anigozanthos. The purpose of the trip to Lowe's was to buy new light fixtures for the bathroom project. That led to a stroll into the garden section. This (variety "Kanga red") and a Chinese apricot (for Ning, it was planted in a too-small location but with pruning might do OK) were the result.
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