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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Sunday, January 16, 2011



This blog is going to be a record of my garden in my yard in Kalihi on Oahu in Hawaii. I've been gardening here for about a year now and I've decided it's time to record what is happing and how things are going. I will be updating on a random schedule, as I get around to it and as things I want to record happen.

As I get better with this blogging thing I'll add photos and whatever else I feel like entering.

Last week I planted transplants I purchased from Home Depot:
  • Tomato, Anahu;
  • Tomato, N-63;
  • Kale, Red Bore;
  • Kale, Winterbor.
I also put in two more mango trees, one in the back and one in the front:
  • Mango, Pirie -- front yard
  • Mango, White Pirie -- back yard
That makes for four mango trees, the other two (in the side yard) are Graham (front) and Kook Lom Krong (back).

The other fruit trees in the yard are:
  • Tangerine - bearing fruit right now
  • Orange, bearing fruit right now
  • Lemon, Meyers
  • Tangerine, Honey
  • Orange, Navel
  • Orange, Moro Blood
  • Araca`-Boi (Eugenia stipitata)
Yesterday I put in five papaya plants along the front walk and two eggplants:
  • Eggplant, Snowy -- Under back kale;
  • Eggplant, Waimanalo Long -- by carrots and onions.
I also finished putting in the edging along the front and side yards. I'm using rubber edging that is about three inches wide and am using staples to keep it in place.

I pruned all the basil plants to keep them from flowering and keep them compact.

Seeds planted today, including the following:
  • Cantaloupe, Top Mark -- Along the front fence;
  • Watermelon, Sugar Baby -- Along the side fence;
  • Wing Beans, in the bed by the guava tree;
  • Green beans, bush -- in side from bed where potatoes were.
  • Sweet Pepper, Fushimi;
  • Tomatillo, Purple de Milpa, under the collards;
  • Tomato, Roma VFN -- In the back basil bed;
  • Passion fruit -- in community pot on concrete slab;
  • Papaya, UH Solo -- in community pot on concrete slab.

1 comment:

  1. Have you had a yield from your Kook Lom Krong mango tree yet? I'm curious about the tree and fruit, and I can't seem to find much about them online. We picked one up from Frankie's Nursery this week, so any info you might have to share would be awesome. Thanks, Lisa

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