Mr. November

Greenhouse sale 2010!

Once again, we've had a successful club sale, selling more than $1000 of tomatoes, peppers, flowers, and assorted vegetables.  Many faculty have already reported terrific growth and bloom from the plants we sold the week before Memorial Day.

Khoi and Arlind selling to faculty.

Here's the plant list:

TOMATOES
name	days	type	size	color
Tomato Big Beef VFFNTA Hybrid	73	indet.	large	red	$1 pot
Tomato Black Cherry	65	indet.	cherry	black	$1 pot
Tomato Cosmonaut Volkov Red	80	indet.	med	red	$1 pot
Tomato Costa Rica	70	indet.	small	red	$1 pot
Tomato Delicious	77	indet.	large	red	$1 pot
Tomato Early Girl VFF Hybrid	52	indet.	med	red	$1 pot
Tomato Gardener's Delight	65	indet.	cherry	red	$1 pot
Tomato Giant Belgium	90	indet.	large	dark pink	$1 pot
Tomato Glacier	55	det.	small	red	$1 pot
Tomato Golden Rave Hybrid	67	indet.	small	yellow	$1 pot
Tomato Golden Sweet Hybrid	60	indet.	cherry	yellow	$1 pot
Tomato Isis Candy	70	indet.	cherry	yellow + red	$1 pot
Tomato Juliet Hybrid	60	indet.	cherry	red	$1 pot
Tomato Legend	68	det.	large	red	$1 pot
Tomato Neves Azorean Red	75	indet.	large	red	$1 pot
Tomato Polish Linguisa	73	indet.	paste	red	$1 pot
Tomato Red Pearl Hybrid	58	indet.	cherry	red	$1 pot
Tomato Royesta FFNT Hybrid	70	indet.	med	red	$1 pot
Tomato Stupice	52	indet.	large	red	$1 pot
Tomato Sugar Snack Hybrid	65	indet.	cherry	red	$1 pot
Tomato Sugary Hybrid	60	indet.	cherry	pink	$1 pot
Tomato Sun Cherry Hybrid	58	indet.	cherry	red	$1 pot
Tomato SunSugar F1	62	indet.	cherry	orange	$1 pot
Tomato Sweet Gold Hybrid	75	indet.	cherry	yellow	$1 pot
Tomato Viva Italia Hybrid	70	det.	paste	red	$1 pot
Tomato Yellow Pear	78	indet.	cherry	yellow	$1 pot
PEPPERS
name		type	size	color
Pepper Ace Hybrid		sweet	bell	green	$1 pot
Pepper Chichimeca Hybrid		hot	jalepeno	green, red	$1 pot
Pepper Congo Trinidad		v hot	habenero	green, red	$1 pot
Pepper Fat 'n Sassy Hybrid		sweet	bell	green, red	$1 pot
Pepper Garden Salsa Hybrid		hot	jalepeno	green, red	$1 pot
Pepper Jalapa Hybrid		hot	jalepeno	green, red	$1 pot
Pepper Red Mushroom		v hot	habenero	green, red	$1 pot
Pepper Thai Dragon		v hot	small	green, red	$1 pot
OTHER FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Cantaloupe Maverick Hybrid					$1 pot
Cucumber Diva					$1 pot
Eggplant					$1 pot
Golden Berry Goldie					$1 pot
Strawberry Earliglow					$1 pot
Strawberry Jewel					$1 pot
Strawberry Seascape					$1 pot
Summer Squash Multipik Hybrid					$1 pot
Watermelon Sugar Baby					$1 pot
Zucchini Tigress Hybrid					$1 pot
HERBS
Basil 'Genovese'					$2 6-pack
Basil 'Lime'					$2 6-pack
Basil 'Sweet Dani'					$2 6-pack
ANNUAL FLOWERS
Convovulus Royal Ensign					$2 6-pack
Cosmos Sensation					$2 6-pack
Ipomoea Heavenly Blue					$1 pot
Lavateria Twins Pink					$2 6-pack
Marigold Antigua Mix					$2 6-pack
Marigold Durango Mix					$2 6-pack
Marigold Sunspot Mix					$2 6-pack
Marigold Zenith Mix					$2 6-pack
Salvia Lady In Red					$2 6-pack
Zinnia Giant Scarlet					$2 6-pack
Zinnia Thumbellina					$2 6-pack
Zinnia Uproar Rose					$2 6-pack
Zinnia Zahara Mix					$2 6-pack

We had some leftover plants: rather than leave them all to perish over the summer in the greenhouse, we donated the vegetables to the Boston Natural Areas Network Program, which made them available to (mostly immigrant) gardeners at City Natives.

2010 Planting Party!

It was a sunny but cool and breezy day when we partied at my house to get my seedlings planted.  9 students and 2 parents showed up (Khoi and the parents are not in the picture.)

We feasted on a great deal of home cooking. including a huge fruit salad, two noodle dishes, unlimited liquids, and the usual grilled chicken, burgers, and dogs.  Sam didn't stop eating the whole time.

We worked from roughly 1PM to 6PM: as you can see, we got a little punchy towards the end.  All 1000 daylily seedlings got planted in two beds (see the smaller one below.)  Then we walked down the street, and I treated everybody to Thai food for dinner.

Doesn't look like much, does it?  But look below at the results of last year's party as it comes into bloom. 1500 seedlings starting to bloom.  These early ones are predominantly white and melon shades.  Later the purple and red shades will open to the right.

I'm really grateful to the partying helpers: we got planted in one day what would normally take me at least 4 backbreaking days.

Plant Sale

The plant sale was very sucessful and many teachers were interested in buying both flowers and vegetables. Teachers paid up to $30 dollars for plants, and members of the club kept things smooth by helping out, and carrying things to people's cars. It was altogether great. Good job greenhouse club, and Mr. Huben!

Natural Beauty

Wild Girl

Perfection

An End Has A Start

Super small & super sweet!

It was indeed a sweet little thing. Smaller than the average strawberries, it was incredibly soft and too easy to swallow.

Like Treasure

"You will keep forever, I'll bury you like treasure"- Editors.

Things Fall Apart

March 10th 2010.
That fateful day when a TABLE in the greenhouse fell. The accident was due to the an entanglement of the hose on the legs. The girl watering the plants (whose name I won't state for various reasons) pulled a bit too hard, and heard a crash.
As your prompt photographer, I took it upon myself to catch the moment while we waited for Mr. Huben to come.

Mr. Huben never came.

Then...

Now.

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