Apt Garden

Photo: Fennel Seeds Ripening The fennel seeds are ripening.  Hopefully, this time I can harvest a good amount of fennel seeds before th...

Photo: Chervil Seedlings My chervil plant produced a bunch of seeds.  I just stripped them right into this area in the garden, and now I...

Photo: Strawberry Plant Photo: Mystery Plant I fertilize my plants weekly with compost tea (i.e., water mixed with finished compos...

Photo: Successive Plantings of Sunflowers The sunflowers are blooming against the fence.  I used last year's harvest of sunflower s...

Photo: Last Season's Scallion Seeds Sprouting Photo: Scallion or "Green Onion" Seed Head Turn left over green on...

Sunflowers Emerging 2012 Last year I harvested a lot of sunflower seeds.  This year I planted the seeds along the fence to create a wal...

Apple Carton Seedling Starter This empty apple carton looked like it could be a great seedling starter.  Keeping the soil evenly moist ...

Borage Seeds from last year are emerging from the soil Happy Earth Day everyone!  Sunny and warmer days are finally here, and I have b...

I love California for many reasons, but one of them is being able to garden throughout the winter!  Here are some of the things still growin...

Photo: Flower from Flower Arrangement Setting Seeds It looks like a flower in my flower arrangement produced seeds.  I can't tell if th...

Photo 1: Korean Star Melon Photo 2: Korean Star Melon Seedlings.  I threw scraps of Korean Star Melon into my worm compost bin weeks ago....

Photo: Single Sweet Basil Flowering Stalk Is it not amazing how many flowering stalks can come from a single sweet basil plant?  This one p...

Photo 1: Cilantro seed heads drying out Photo 2: New cilantro plants sprouting from seed There is an article in Sunset magazine that talk...

Photo: The light is shining at this bok choy pod in a way that illuminates the round seeds inside. Quick Tip:  Hold up seed pods against...

Photo: Young pumpkin plant I planted a couple of pumpkin seeds directly in the soil earlier this month.  I hope I planted them in time for ...

Materials   5 gallon bucket or brown grocery paper bag   Garden shears Strainer with 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch holes Lar...

Photo 1: Mustard greens seed pods hanging from fence If you live in an area that has dry summers, you can dry seed pods from the fence.  Al...

Photo 1: Bok choy plant forming seed pods Photo 2: Sunlight is illuminating the bok choy seeds inside the pod. Photo 3: Bok choy seed pods...

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