Monday, August 11, 2008

More White. More Yellow. Some Orange.

Chinese chives, First flowers. Bees love them.

Lemonboy. The first full-size tomatoes. Yes! Yes! Yes!

Here's an interesting development. Dozens of male flowers on all of the zukes and squash. No female flowers. No zukes. What's up with that?

This lily survives neglect. It's about 7 feet tall. Not the best location - maybe it will be moved this fall. Maybe not.

Saturday, August 02, 2008

Brasiliopuntia first bloom

I've been growing this type of cactus for 20 years. The current plants were grown from cuttings from previous ones, probably back through 3 or 4 generations of starts from pads. It is not winter hardy, which is why the current plant is not larger. Its parent was left outside too long and died in a freeze. The current plant is about 4 years old. This is the first time that I have seen them bloom.







The last photo is a much older brasiliopuntia, photo is from Wikipedia commons.

Friday, August 01, 2008

Myers Briggs personality type

You Are An ISTJ
The Duty Fulfiller

You are responsible, reliable, and hardworking - you get the job done.
You prefer productive hobbies, like woodworking or knittings.
Quiet and serious, you are well prepared for whatever life hands you.
Conservative and down-to-earth, you hardly ever do anything crazy.

In love, you are loyal and honest. If you commit yourself to someone, then you're fully committed.
For you, love is something that happens naturally. And you don't need romantic gestures to feel loved.

At work, you remember details well and are happy to take on any responsibility.
You would make a great business executive, accountant, or lawyer.

How you see yourself: Decisive, stable, and dependable

When other people don't get you, they see you as: Boring, conservative, and egotistical


I've taken Myers Brigs several times. It always comes out with this result. Must be right.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Kitchen Garden Log

This is the 5th batch of beans. Not bad. Cukes are producing nicely as well. 4 this week - that's all we can keep up with. About 4 feet square of garden 'footprint' due to the wire tower. Cuke started from seed produced BEFORE the purchased plants.

This is a mixture of German Red (smaller heads), Inchelium (larger) and miscellaneous garlics that I pulled up around the yard. Some of those are from grocery store garlic that was planted years ago. I think that the German Red has the most flavor, but the heads are about 1/2 as large as the Inchelium.

Inchelium Red Garlic. This was very productive. Most is hanging in a dry basement room.

White Potato Onion = heirloom multiplier onion. I manage to save enough each year for a small crop. I would like to have a much larger crop but space is an issue. I've been saving starts and 'recycling' them into next years' onions for 6 years.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Peaches: recovery from peach leaf curl.

Garden Gold - the least affected. No peaches but now the tree has a chance for next year.

Honey babe - I thought this one was dead. It's recovering nicely, also has a chance for next year. In fact, with a complete absence of peaches, there is potential for a bumber crop. IF I can address the leaf curl problem.