PICTURES! (and other stuff)
Sep. 10th, 2010 04:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pinepigs_gardenFirst day of my vacation, yay! I have been hanging out for this for awhile and am so glad we got some sun today. I've been busy, only sitting down for more than a few minutes for the first time since I got had breakfast and started my day around 8. I've done stuff in the garden, I've done household chores and I've baked. I've also fallen hard and broke an energy efficient compact flourescent bulb as well as spilled all manner of liquids today. To top it off I dropped the lap top. Fortunately it was only from a sitting position (slipped off my lap) and kind-of fortunately but painfully it landed on my feet. It's still working, that's the important thing.
Glad I wasn't at work today with all that going on.
There's a lot of picts so I'm going to break the post up. And use cuts because y'all would really not like me to flood your f-lists with these. I've got some resources/links I want to post but might do that in another post too.
Here are the urenika potatoes. One of the links I read said something about their other Maori name (which I can't remember) means dog poo. I don't know if this is true or not but they do kinda look like it. I planted out 7 of them today in that section of the grow bag I've talked about.
Oh! Before that, here's the grow bag I've been promising a pict of how I set it up. I know, exciting stuff I'm sure (or not). I have now planted 7 of the urenikas and have 7 spinach seeds popped in there too. I only have to add the jicama (on sprouted, one to sprout still--planted today and in the hot water cupboard).
Urenika in egg tray
Urenikas in hand
Holding urenika for size comparison
And here's some mushroom pictures. I'm rather excited about these. Look at the pre-mushroom bits (mycenium)!
Mushroom grow mix in microwave
Innoculated mushroom grow mix
Mycenium
Mycenium close up
Not-Mushrooms. This is what I use in my garden. They are both by Tui. The Quash snail bait is something I use regularly. The potato food is new (as are the potatoes of course!) and the 'dirt' is Tui veggie growing mix. I don't usually pay attention to brands of my fertilisers or anything but have noticed that I've been using more Tui stuff.
Tui Things
And a few misc photos from today. I'll have more in the next post but that will be mostly "how the garden looks now" set.
Mikoikoi (Libertia Ixioides)
Tree Tree 1
Tea Tree 2
jicama sprout!
And to close the post off, here's a diamond dove that's been hanging around the back yard. It was sitting on the fence at 2 different times today and C says she's seen it there too. We have pigeons that hang out in the front yard (live nearby somewhere) and I've seen doves out there but hadn't seen them out back much.
Diamond dove
Glad I wasn't at work today with all that going on.
There's a lot of picts so I'm going to break the post up. And use cuts because y'all would really not like me to flood your f-lists with these. I've got some resources/links I want to post but might do that in another post too.
Here are the urenika potatoes. One of the links I read said something about their other Maori name (which I can't remember) means dog poo. I don't know if this is true or not but they do kinda look like it. I planted out 7 of them today in that section of the grow bag I've talked about.
Oh! Before that, here's the grow bag I've been promising a pict of how I set it up. I know, exciting stuff I'm sure (or not). I have now planted 7 of the urenikas and have 7 spinach seeds popped in there too. I only have to add the jicama (on sprouted, one to sprout still--planted today and in the hot water cupboard).
Urenika in egg tray
Urenikas in hand
Holding urenika for size comparison
And here's some mushroom pictures. I'm rather excited about these. Look at the pre-mushroom bits (mycenium)!
Mushroom grow mix in microwave
Innoculated mushroom grow mix
Mycenium
Mycenium close up
Not-Mushrooms. This is what I use in my garden. They are both by Tui. The Quash snail bait is something I use regularly. The potato food is new (as are the potatoes of course!) and the 'dirt' is Tui veggie growing mix. I don't usually pay attention to brands of my fertilisers or anything but have noticed that I've been using more Tui stuff.
Tui Things
And a few misc photos from today. I'll have more in the next post but that will be mostly "how the garden looks now" set.
Mikoikoi (Libertia Ixioides)
Tree Tree 1
Tea Tree 2
jicama sprout!
And to close the post off, here's a diamond dove that's been hanging around the back yard. It was sitting on the fence at 2 different times today and C says she's seen it there too. We have pigeons that hang out in the front yard (live nearby somewhere) and I've seen doves out there but hadn't seen them out back much.
Diamond dove
