Garlic scapes!!!
I did it! I am so happy and excited! I grew garlic so I could harvest these curly garlic scapes (蒜苔). Planted the garlic cloves on...
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Barney Cheng
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
I'm getting ready to transplant my seedlings!
After 4 weeks of carefully growing the seeds and monitoring them under the grow lights, the seedlings are almost ready to be...
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Barney Cheng
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Spring is in the air!
The Concord grape buds finally emerged! I've been waiting for them since January. Last year, they emerged right after the new year, but...
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Barney Cheng
- Mar 12, 2021
- 1 min
Making good progress!
My tomato, pepper and cucumber seeds are growing nicely under the grow lights. I'm hoping to transplant them in a few weeks when the...
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Barney Cheng
- Feb 26, 2021
- 1 min
My latest toy!
It's still too cold out to sow my spring-summer seeds in my zone (Los Angeles). I'm aiming to transplant my seedlings on April 1. That...
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Barney Cheng
- Nov 22, 2020
- 1 min
How bittersweet!
My bitter melon has turned golden! Have you ever had golden bitter melons? I usually have them when they are green. It'll be interesting...
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Barney Cheng
- Jul 26, 2020
- 1 min
What's your favorite winter fruits/vegetables?
My midseason garden will finish around Halloween so I'm planning my fall garden which will start around that time and finish spring 2021...
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Barney Cheng
- Jul 17, 2020
- 1 min
It’s mulch day again!
Midseason mulching for all of my spring/summer plants!
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Barney Cheng
- May 25, 2020
- 1 min
Memorial Day Weekend harvest
Check out the gorgeous artichokes! I know what I’m having for dinner tonight!
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Barney Cheng
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
Garlic shoots pasta
I love my Wattles Farm community! My neighbor gave me lots of garlic shoots. They’re delicious with pasta!
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Barney Cheng
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
Spring harvest
Gardening is so therapeutic during the pandemic. It has been keeping me sane and healthy. Today I Harvest some Chinese broccoli. They are...
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Barney Cheng
- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
Mulch day!
Covered my spring vegetables with a layer of mulch. While filming out of town, I was so worried that my plants would die of thirst. The...
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Barney Cheng
- Mar 1, 2020
- 1 min
First harvest
Peas, leaves and tendrils! Delicious! Nothing tastes as sweet and rewarding as these delicious greens from my own garden! So fresh and...
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Barney Cheng
- Feb 28, 2020
- 1 min
Meeting my neighbors
I needed to be out of town for a few days to film an episode of television, so I went super early to my garden to water my seedlings and...
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Barney Cheng
- Feb 1, 2020
- 1 min
Golden passion fruits
I’m excited to transplant these delicate sprouts in my garden, after about two weeks of growing them indoors from seeds!
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Barney Cheng
- Feb 1, 2020
- 1 min
First signs of growth
My concord grape is showing signs of growth, its first buds are emerging! I guess spring is here!
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Barney Cheng
- Jan 28, 2020
- 1 min
Blueberry is waking up
After months of sleeping, my blueberry plant is showing signs of spring! This is my first time growing blueberries so I’m excited to see...
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Barney Cheng
- Jan 22, 2020
- 1 min
Do you know why...
we plant milkweed? So that we will have lots of monarch butterflies this spring! Did you know that monarch caterpillars feed exclusively...
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Barney Cheng
- Jan 20, 2020
- 1 min
It sprouted!
Guess what this is? It's too cold out so I started these seedlings indoors. I'm hoping to transplant them about a week or so in my garden...
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