The it of course being my tree collard. The nuke of course... It's not like I love the usual red and green aphids, they're the worst. It's just that grey and black aphids are the extra worst. And those damn grey aphids are on the tree collard, and I killed a few black ones on … Continue reading Nuking it from orbit
And I have potato bags ready to dig! They are a mess, but potatoes are potatoes, even if the greens are icky looking. I saved the dirt so I could sift it and reuse it. Probably not for more potatoes however, you can spread potato disease if you do that. I got a good pound … Continue reading Sometimes you just want a potato
Pretty plant right? This is a chayote- a type of squash very commonly grown out here, but not very commonly seen at my local garden center. In fact the three we got in last week are the first three I've ever seen there. I've not eaten a ton of chayote outside of a few restaurants- … Continue reading Chayote adventures
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
Well quite a bit is going to seed. I gave up on the spinach altogether- tiny plants all growing flower heads. It's too late for spinach anyways. As for the old curly leaf parsley- Parsley is a biennial anyways and these plants are- you guessed it, 2 years old. The older flat leaf is also … Continue reading A bolt from the blue
The Neanderthal Gardens 