sb158′s Valley Garden

sb158 | April 30, 2009

This Valley is gonna look like the icon here pretty quick if the heat doesn’t break and we don’t get some rain.

With temps in the 90′s and the wind blowing from the south at 20+ mph (more…)

Category: flowers, Seeds/Seed-starting, watering/irrigation | 2 Comments »
Tags: flowers, seeds, watering, weather

sb158 | April 27, 2009

A very kind blog visitor identified my Mystery Shrub as Ruttya fruticosa. Found some cultural information here and here.

Apparently it’s easy to propagate by seeds or cuttings, so I may try that down the road some time. Got too much other stuff going on right now to deal with it.

Yesterday we went to brunch with my brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and his son and wife. (more…)

Category: Experimental, flowers, Seeds/Seed-starting | No Comments »
Tags: containers, Experimental, flowers, geraniums, herbs, Monster Mud, seeds, shrubs

sb158 | April 25, 2009

I finally got all the baby basils transplanted into their nice peat pots and outside. The first batch graduated to a couple hours in the sun today, before I had to put them, and the baby peppers, back into the shade. Hope it won’t be too much more than a week or so before the basil I intended to plant in the garden are big enough to move into the garden.

Here’s a couple pics of the baby basils and peppers… (more…)

Category: herbs, Seeds/Seed-starting, Veggies | No Comments »
Tags: basil, Green Beans, herbs, Veggies

sb158 | April 22, 2009

Whew! This is really the first chance I’ve had since I last posted to post again. I’ve either been busy doing, instead of writing, or too wiped to even type. That heat out there is gonna kill me yet, I swear.

I’ve been planting babies into the garden, like cukes, stevia, and bee balm, or tomatoes into SWCs. (more…)

Category: Experimental, Seeds/Seed-starting, Square Foot Gardening, Veggies | 2 Comments »
Tags: Experimental, Monster Mud, seeds, Square Foot Gardening, Veggies

sb158 | April 16, 2009

I love the smell and look of basil. Any kind of basil. I haven’t met one yet I didn’t love. So I ordered a 6-basil seed mix, since it was cheaper than buying all the separate varieties. Planted a bunch of them, and, as far as I can tell, they ALL sprouted. I wanted to be sure I got a good chance of getting at least one of each kind, so now I have 36 baby basils. (more…)

Category: herbs, Seeds/Seed-starting | 3 Comments »
Tags: basil, herbs, seeds

sb158 | March 4, 2009

Got the plan, now I need the stuff. These veggies better be good, cuz they’re costing me a fortune! The only thing I had left from prior gardens was a bunch of 10-year-old seeds. They’re not all that old, but some are. I bought a shelf, lights, “dirt”, and even had to buy a trowel. Not to mention the lumber to build the beds and the Mel’s Mix to fill them… (more…)

Category: Garden Supplies, Planning, Seeds/Seed-starting, Veggies | No Comments »
Tags: Planning, seeds, supplies