Thursday, April 24, 2008

4 more jars

replanted #2, #3 to bigger jars, and planted 4 new jars after dinner:

47. 25 seeds Crepe Myrtle, Little Chief Pink ( sowed 4/24 )

48. 50 seeds Celosia, China Town ( sowed 4/24 )

49. 50 seeds Amaranthus, Autumn Touch ( sowed 4/24 )

50. 20 seeds Coleus Giant, Exhibition Palisandra ( sowed 4/24 )

Monday, April 21, 2008

2 more jars - Impatient and Begonia

planted 2 more jars after dinner:

45. 30 seeds Impatients Hybrid, Mosaic Mix ( sowed 4/21 )

46. 50 seeds Begonia Hybrid, Show Angels, Formula Mix - dust like ( sowed 4/21 )

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Dahlia corner - bulbs are in

After lunch, we worked on the new flower bed. Quentin helped dump in piles of compost. and I mixed them in using the tiler, and planted all Dahlia bulbs that bought from van Bourgondien and Home Depot. I would say there are more than 20 bulbs in there! I can't wait to see them sprout.



A new flower bed

After Jyalu's swimming class, we got home and play around in the backyard for a while. Then head to Mcdonald's to meet Faye and her babies. Around 2ish, went home and started working on the new flower bed.

Daddy is a super helper today. He did all the tilter work. Soil has been lossen. Tomorrow plan to add compost in, mix, then plan all those Dahlia ( 大丽花 )bulbs in!

And while daddy is working on the soil, mommy worked on other flower bed edging and widen the bed about 2 inches at the same time!

Also ordered 2 yards of 100% organizc compost, costed $102 including delivery, and had been delivered to my driveway on the same day. That nursery guy said we can order 50/50 ( 50 compost: 50 loam) next year. Given we had 2 years of 100% compost put into the soil. Will see.

yes, a new flower bed in this corner. Plan for a Dahlia corner!


Little tool, BIG helper!
Soil had been lossen:
Edging:
See, widen about 2 inches at the same time:
Asian pear is about to bloom:
Pear:
Lily is coming up:
Hosta too:

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

5 more jars

After dinner, looked at time was only 7pm. Still got light outside. So went out to backyard and planted 5 more jars:

40. 100 seeds Bellis Tasso, Strawberries & Cream, English Daisy ( sowed 4/14 )

41. 100 seeds lemon Grass ( sowed 4/14 )

42. 100 seeds Sagina subulata Pearlwort - small seeds ( sowed 4/14 )

43. 100 seeds Lobelia erinus, Cascade Mix - small seeds( sowed 4/14 )

44. 100 seeds Lobelia, Fountain Blue - small seeds ( sowed 4/14 )

Saturday, April 12, 2008

More seeds

planted more seeds today ( see the master list ):

36. 6 seeds Stephanotis Floribunda, madagascar jasmine (sowed 4/12)

37. 10 seeds Angel's Trumpet, Ballerina yellow, Datura metel (sowed 4/12)

38. 10 seeds Lilium, White lancer (sowed 4/12)

39. 100 seeds herb Pennyroyal (sowed 4/12)

also plant some Caladium, Canna, Elephant ears, Bargonia, Lily bulbs down to containers today.

Sunday, April 6, 2008