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Garden Explosion!

I spent the weekend in Boulder with my dear friend Kathryn, went hiking at Chautauqua, saw some awesome art and music: 


like this project: lattice \ work and this one: glow forest


at a music festival, and a techno party at a parkour gym, drank some delicious beer, saw the Morley's, and now my parents are coming tomorrow to visit for a few days. Feeling very grateful for my friends and family right now! 







Over the weekend my spinach grew large enough to harvest a salad from, my peas grow long dangling pods, the squash tripled, and all the trees bloomed. Summer has arrived.... almost....
except for the clouds and rain. hmm.


There are more photos uploaded to my flickr here. 

Spring Sprouts

Hello, blog!

It's been a long time.

A few full moons later and the garden beds hold little snoozing sprouts, seedling hopefuls, exploded other greens, and infinite possibilities thanks to ten people's worth of compost and the sun's motivational prowess.

Yesterday and today I also dropped some bean, tomato, and pepper seeds into pots. Meanwhile, the succulents are happy and flowering and the hummingbirds that nest in the bamboo across the lot are coming daily to suck nectar.

Indoors, more happy plants.

I'm also embarking on a motorcycle journey beginning with my first day of rider training tomorrow, and hopefully ending in about a month with me on two wheels perpetually.

Garden Bed

Happy spring planting! Scrap wood, loaned power drills, and some sunny day led to the creation of a new garden bed to hold seedlings on the deck! Sam had some leftover wood from building her loft and we pretty much just winged it for an hour. Jeff's rainbow plus the parachute make this the perfect spot to grow rainbow chard. Oh, and the parachute from the middle room is being reincarnated as a tarp.

Supervisor.
Poles for peas to climb.

Happy endings! Waiting for my flower seeds to arrive any day now.

Summer Planting Calendar

Finally finished the planting calendar! And have been planting up a small storm, waiting for spring flower seeds to arrive from mail order and got a baby cannabis plant to keep my orchid company. This photo is of the radish sprouts, last week. They are about double in size now and newly transplanted into the permanent garden beds. I had fun this weekend power drilling planks of old wood into the bed to dog-proof it. Understandably, if I were a dog, I would also think the garden bed was meant to be shit in.

I went to the Oakland Zoo the other day, see a few more photos here. And a few things up for sale on my Etsy.

MARCH:

Cilantro - March 7

Chard - March 7

Lettuce - March 7

Radish - March 11

Rhubarb - March 11

Broccoli - March 13 if rain

Endive - March 13 if rain

Kohlrabi - March 22

Asparagus - March 22

APRIL:

Corn - April 4

Basil - April 4

Cabbage - April 5

Tomatoes - April 5

Brussel Sprouts - April 21

Parsnips - April 21

Daikon - April 21

Endive - April 21

Leek - April 21

MAY: (yay!)

Beans - May 5

Cucumber - May 5

Eggplant - May 5

Peppers - May 5

Pumpkins - May 8

Squash - May 8

Tomatoes - May 20

Chives - May 20

Melons - May 20

JUNE:

Corn - June 4

Sunflower - June 4

Chard - June 4

Lettuce - June 4

Celery - June 6

Endive - June 6

Brussel Sprouts - June 6

Carrot - June 6

Cauliflower - June 19

JULY:

Chinese Cabbage - July 4

Mustard Greens - July 4

Lettuce - July 4

Radish - July 7

Cauliflower - July 19

AUGUST:

Mustard Greens - August 2

Turnips - August 5

Leeks - August 5

Spinach - August 17