Weather is Hot & Sunny.
Drive by in evening for look-see.
Notice hole in ground, then realize Rosemary is missing, including label/stick
What a drag.
Not a surprise, but a disappointment nonetheless.
26 June 2004
Rosemary removed - Saturday, June 26, 2004 - Pic
Rosemary removed - Saturday, June 26, 2004 - Pic
Weather is Hot & Sunny.
Drive by in evening for look-see.
Notice hole in ground, then realize Rosemary is missing, including label/stick
What a drag.
Not a surprise, but a disappointment nonetheless.
Weather is Hot & Sunny.
Drive by in evening for look-see.
Notice hole in ground, then realize Rosemary is missing, including label/stick
What a drag.
Not a surprise, but a disappointment nonetheless.
24 June 2004
Friday, June 25, 2004
Friday, June 25, 2004
Weather is Mostly Cloudy
Took Pic of sprouting near Rosemary with quarter
[25cent piece as reference]
8L water, morning and evening.
Purple Tansy [Phalecia] is sprouting!!
Weather is Mostly Cloudy
Took Pic of sprouting near Rosemary with quarter
[25cent piece as reference]
8L water, morning and evening.
Purple Tansy [Phalecia] is sprouting!!
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Weather is Mostly Cloudy. Max temp 21.8 at 3pm
8L water at 8AM
More sprouting!!
2 Pics 1 closeup
1 longshot
8L water at 8AM
More sprouting!!
2 Pics 1 closeup
1 longshot
23 June 2004
Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - First Pic!
Weather is overcast. Max temp is 22C at 2:00PM
No watering at 1:00pm
Evening: Sprouting!! 8L water
First Pic taken.
No watering at 1:00pm
Evening: Sprouting!! 8L water
First Pic taken.
21 June 2004
June 21, 2004
June 21, 2004
Weather is Hot and Sunny.
Watered 8L / 2 gallons in the morning and evening.
Put water in two plastic milk jugs which I carry on the back of my bike.
Bought a new plastic watering can and 16L of soil from Army & Navy.
Used the soil to increase depth around telepone pole and end of tip of plot.
Planted Purple Tansy [Phalecia] around telephone pole and at tip of plot.
Weather is Hot and Sunny.
Watered 8L / 2 gallons in the morning and evening.
Put water in two plastic milk jugs which I carry on the back of my bike.
Bought a new plastic watering can and 16L of soil from Army & Navy.
Used the soil to increase depth around telepone pole and end of tip of plot.
Planted Purple Tansy [Phalecia] around telephone pole and at tip of plot.
20 June 2004
Urban Wilderness - A wildflower garden - 20 Jun 2004 [backup test]
At around 3pm on a hot, sunny day I attached my kid trailer
][no kids] to the back of my bike and went to Safeway and
bought 4 40L bags of potting soil.
I then drove down to the north end of Science World
where the bike path meets with Pacific Ave and Quebec
Street in Vancouver, BC
and planted a garden.
First, I put down newspapers to stop the weeds, which
I cut down the Friday before. Then I emptied the two
bags of soil onto the newspapers. I also brought a bag of
used coffee grounds from Starbucks' Coffee. That went
onto the pile. The bag also contained used coffee filters,
which I used as weed barrier like the newspapers. Another
two bags of soil went on the pile.
I used a hand rake to make it level and planted Cottage
Perennial Mix, Pacific N W Wildflower mix.
To show that something was there, I also planted
2 Portulaca - “Sundial Mix"
1 Golden Rain Rosemary.
I put a sign up on the telephone pole outlining project
and providing my contact info. This was the last day of
the Dragon Boat Festival
so hundreds of people were walking by. Many had positive
comments. Nice.
][no kids] to the back of my bike and went to Safeway and
bought 4 40L bags of potting soil.
I then drove down to the north end of Science World
where the bike path meets with Pacific Ave and Quebec
Street in Vancouver, BC
and planted a garden.
First, I put down newspapers to stop the weeds, which
I cut down the Friday before. Then I emptied the two
bags of soil onto the newspapers. I also brought a bag of
used coffee grounds from Starbucks' Coffee. That went
onto the pile. The bag also contained used coffee filters,
which I used as weed barrier like the newspapers. Another
two bags of soil went on the pile.
I used a hand rake to make it level and planted Cottage
Perennial Mix, Pacific N W Wildflower mix.
To show that something was there, I also planted
2 Portulaca - “Sundial Mix"
1 Golden Rain Rosemary.
I put a sign up on the telephone pole outlining project
and providing my contact info. This was the last day of
the Dragon Boat Festival
so hundreds of people were walking by. Many had positive
comments. Nice.
01 January 2004
Reference - The Old House Web list of partial shade-tolerant vegetables
The Old House Web
http://www.oldhouseweb.net/gardening/Detailed/686.shtml
The following is a list of of partial shade-tolerant vegetables.
While productions may be greater in the sun, these plants will
produce an edible crop when grown in a shady location.
However, remember that nothing will grow in complete shade.
Plants will need some morning, evening or filtered sun; a total
of two to six hours of direct sun is the minimum.
Arugala
Rhubarb
Beans
Rutabagas
Beets
Salad Burnet
Broccoli
Salsify
Brussels sprouts
Sorrel cabbage
Spinach
Cauliflower
Summer Squash
Celery
Turnips
Cress
Endive
Garlic
Angelica
Kale
Borage
Kohlrabi
Caraway
Leaf Lettuce
Chervil
Leeks
Coriander
Parsley
Lemon Balm
Parsnips
Lovage
Peas
Mint
Potatoes
Tarrgon
Pumpkins
Thyme
Radish
http://www.oldhouseweb.net/gardening/Detailed/686.shtml
The following is a list of of partial shade-tolerant vegetables.
While productions may be greater in the sun, these plants will
produce an edible crop when grown in a shady location.
However, remember that nothing will grow in complete shade.
Plants will need some morning, evening or filtered sun; a total
of two to six hours of direct sun is the minimum.
Arugala
Rhubarb
Beans
Rutabagas
Beets
Salad Burnet
Broccoli
Salsify
Brussels sprouts
Sorrel cabbage
Spinach
Cauliflower
Summer Squash
Celery
Turnips
Cress
Endive
Garlic
Angelica
Kale
Borage
Kohlrabi
Caraway
Leaf Lettuce
Chervil
Leeks
Coriander
Parsley
Lemon Balm
Parsnips
Lovage
Peas
Mint
Potatoes
Tarrgon
Pumpkins
Thyme
Radish
Why this blog?
Why this blog?
I am planting unused spaces in Vancouver, BC with edible plants or wildflowers to create beauty in places not normally viewed as beautiful and documenting it here. I also post observations about the urban enviroment we inhabit, ways to make it more sustainable and other issues - including my progress in developing a new business - that interest me.
In the email conversation/interview related to guerrilla gardening
Karen LaRocca asked me:
Why?
We need unstructured places of beauty in urban environments.
We need to reconnect to our food supply - radishes don’t grow in bunches with elastic bands around them
We need to learn that weeds are not always weeds and we can sometimes eat them.
-30-
I'm a wandering blogger. My previous blog host http://urbanwild.diary-x.com went offline in January 2006 and I'm trying to find a new home. I like the features of Wordpress's free site, but it isn't configurable enough for me. Until I get my own blogsite, I like this template for republishing my new & old entries.[Lost only 3; always make backups!!]
I am planting unused spaces in Vancouver, BC with edible plants or wildflowers to create beauty in places not normally viewed as beautiful and documenting it here. I also post observations about the urban enviroment we inhabit, ways to make it more sustainable and other issues - including my progress in developing a new business - that interest me.
In the email conversation/interview related to guerrilla gardening
Karen LaRocca asked me:
….can you address why you do this? (I mean, I know WHY, because I do it too, but a sentence or two in your own words?)
Why?
We need unstructured places of beauty in urban environments.
We need to reconnect to our food supply - radishes don’t grow in bunches with elastic bands around them
We need to learn that weeds are not always weeds and we can sometimes eat them.
-30-
I'm a wandering blogger. My previous blog host http://urbanwild.diary-x.com went offline in January 2006 and I'm trying to find a new home. I like the features of Wordpress's free site, but it isn't configurable enough for me. Until I get my own blogsite, I like this template for republishing my new & old entries.[Lost only 3; always make backups!!]
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