Cardiff Garden Blog

I've tried growing squash in the past and had limited success. This year they seemed to be doing better in the alley box that get the best amount of sun. These squash are growing outside the box on the sandy soil. The vines roots are in the good soil in the box but the vine itself doesn't need to be on top of the best soil.  I suspect these squash need a few more days to fully ripen. Anyone got any good recipes?

Really love how cool the onion flower looks. This flower is from the onion that a neighbro planted in my garden.  I have since planted my own guerrilla onion in another box. And by that I mean an onion that was chopped and used for cooking. The remaining half of the onion was stored in my fridge in a plastic baggie. After about a week or so the moisture from the bag helped the onion to start growing inside the fridge. So like this plant, I took the half onion (sprouting) and dug it into the soil a few inches. After about a week I am already seeing the sprouts coming up.  I think this was even easier than from seed.  I'm gonna have to use this method more often with leftover food scraps. This flower is also serving a purpose other than just being pretty to look at.. I've noticed a number of bees frequenting it.  Which we all know as a good thing for plants.

Everyday I am more and more impressed with how much grapes grow in size daily and weekly.  This bundle here is probably the furthest along.  The bundle above this growing over the open alley. I can't imagine I'll have to wait too much longer for my first taste of patience.  I feel like I've been really lucky with the lack of bugs and critters attacking my crops. The birds haven't paid much notice to the vine nor have they paid much attention to my boysenberry vine. Here's hoping the continue to ignore it all.