Category Archives: Propagation

Mushrooms and Bonsai

Posted on January 28, 2018 by

Spent some time today working on a long-term bonsai project.  For the last few years, I’ve been pruning and training some in-ground plants for eventual repotting as bonsai. From left to right, I’ve got crepe myrtle, dogwood, some kind of … Continue reading →

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Does a Bear Plant in the Woods?

Posted on April 16, 2017 by

Apparently so.  A visiting bear was apparently gorging on some sort of prunus – likely a wild (native or escaped) plum – and deposited a pile of seed-laded droppings in the fall, east of the garden, right outside the trail … Continue reading →

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Rosemary Rooting

Posted on January 30, 2016 by

I’ve been doing a lot of “layering in place” experiments, which is I guess technically air layering.  I basically cut a slit in a plastic pot, wound the stem of the plant – in this case rosemary – wire the … Continue reading →

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Lots of Layering Lately

Posted on July 5, 2015 by

I’ve been spending long hours in the garden, puttering and propagating, and lately doing a lot of layering. This propagation technique seems particularly suited for plants that are inclined to root from cuttings, and for those that readily root when … Continue reading →

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Graduation!

Posted on June 24, 2015 by

To conserve rooting medium, water, time and space, I typically root cuttings in gang pots, which depending on what I’m rooting might hold a few to as many as a dozen cuttings. For instance, when I prune the blueberries in … Continue reading →

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Seeding Nettles and Others

Posted on May 25, 2015 by

Finally got around to seeding (a little late, I realize) stinging nettles (Urtica dioica), alum root (Heuchera richardsonii), creeping Oregon grape (Mahonia repens) and salal (Gaultheria shallon). The nettles I planted for pesto, the alum root because I’m intrigued by … Continue reading →

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Sanding Seeds and Preparing for Fall

Posted on June 13, 2014 by

Gardening is a year-round endeavor. Having finally finished (mostly) the summer vegetable infrastructure – toms, peppers, squashes, beans, tomatillos, cucumbers, and melons planted, irrigation set up and automatic timers ticking, structural supports and trellises in place, rows mulched – I … Continue reading →

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Tree Project Project – New Seeds, and Ginkgos in the Ground

Posted on April 27, 2014 by

A few days ago, I received in the mail another shipment of Hibaku seeds – two more ginkgo and two jujube – from my friend Hiroshi Sunairi, he of Tree Project Film fame. In the package was a screener of … Continue reading →

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Sharing (Sunflower Seeds) is Caring

Posted on April 14, 2014 by

Spring is convincingly here, and many plants are picking up steam, budding and leafing out and stretching and flowering.  I spent some time over the last few days planting and pruning and preparing, and it’s good to be out in … Continue reading →

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Early Spring Seeding

Posted on March 12, 2014 by

It’s been rather warm here over the last few days, and although we’ve had some rain, totals for the year remain quite low.  I was able to take advantage of recent rains, and scattered some seeds out in the various … Continue reading →

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