So I was at the zoo, as one does, and after giving my regards to the penguins, as one does, I realized I was a block away from my local garden center- and the madness gripped me. That is a lovely if gangly purple sage plant and a lovely and vibrant French sorrel plant. Now … Continue reading Some new fall plants
Besides the great smushing that killed one plant and led to the emergency transplant of the surviving Hatch pepper- the pepper plants have been doing great. The hatch pepper might not even be a hatch pepper, they're all too small- but that plus the early ripening of some small ones makes me think it *is* … Continue reading Peppers continue to pep
Though none of the flowers have turned into baby tomatoes yet. It may be that it got briefly warm enough to set out flowers but not consistently warm enough for either fertilization or fruiting to occur. But holy cow look at this plant! It's growing as much out as it's growing up! I might have … Continue reading The tomato plant continues to grow
I am so over the triffids. So two days ago I put on my big hominid pants and got to work. Despite me not watering for a few days (to ease removal) and despite spraying all the time- the vines were just black with aphids still. Gross gross gross gross gross. I harvested the few … Continue reading Fava bean takedown
So in earlier posts I mentioned that if we got our typical Indian summer this year I might get some more cherry tomatoes. I was really expecting a late August early September thing, instead of what we're getting instead, which is people thinking about their Halloween costumes and wondering if it will be too hot … Continue reading Looking forward to some late October tomatoes because apparently that’s how it works this year
The Neanderthal Gardens 