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    Garlic scapes!!!
    Barney Cheng
    • May 3, 2021
    • 1 min

    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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    I'm getting ready to transplant my seedlings!
    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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    Spring is in the air!
    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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    Making good progress!
    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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    My latest toy!
    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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    How bittersweet!
    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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    What's your favorite winter fruits/vegetables?
    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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    It’s mulch day again!
    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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    As big as my head!
    Barney Cheng
    • Jun 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    As big as my head!

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    Memorial Day Weekend harvest
    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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    Garlic shoots pasta
    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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    Spring harvest
    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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    Mulch day!
    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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    First harvest
    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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    Meeting my neighbors
    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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    Golden passion fruits
    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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    First signs of growth
    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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    Blueberry is waking up
    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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    Do you know why...
    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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    It sprouted!
    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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