The real advantage of gardening in San Francisco is that planting season rules are a lot like the pirate code. Guidelines. Guidelines that I cheerfully ignore. Sure I might get a failure or two (or three or four) but due to the weird late fall hot weather I might get some wild successes. There are … Continue reading Late June plantings
Well it's been busy and it's going to get busier. That my friends, is a baby pumpkin! It looks like October pumpkins might be a thing. Or August pumpkins if I'm lucky. The vine is... going the wrong way. But who am I to tell a pumpkin vine where it can or cannot go. I'm … Continue reading Captain’s log: June 23rd 2019
So I covered my six potato bags with more soil a bit back, and while five of those bags are going strong, the sixth decided to give up the ghost. Pictured, five healthy potato bags and one goner. But that doesn't mean no potatoes- it just means less potatoes. The point of continually topping up … Continue reading Unexpected potato harvest
So I bought a few late season gallon size tomato plants. By few I mean four. Yeah yeah I know it's June. Yeah yeah I know it's cheating to buy tomato plants that already have baby tomatoes on them. Guess what? I don't care- I just want to maximize my chances of absolute tons of … Continue reading Gripped by the tomato madness
Now get your minds out of the gutter I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about basil though. Everyone knows my favorite basil is the incomparable African blue bush basil. Both of my bush basils are growing great. So great I think I'm going to try and root cuttings from them. But African blue bush … Continue reading Herbal indulgences
The Neanderthal Gardens 