My love of alliteration is both an impediment to a good title and a help in these trying times where otherwise a title might be something rather blah. Or deeply depressing. I'm not sure the title makes a great deal of sense, but this is a post about the onion family crops in my garden … Continue reading Allium Alumni
Day One. So. The front of my garden that houses my shade veggies is a bit of a mess. This fabric bed which was mostly an experiment in seeing what could grow in a shade patch was largely a success. It proved that quite a lot could grow in the shade. Arugula for one, also … Continue reading The three day saga of putting in a new bed, or, I am very very tired
So, in a nice bit of news- my father fixed the string trimmer. So I got to work. I went around munching on the wild miner's lettuce before it got whacked- which was a tasty treat. Some of the more beneficial bugs really liked everything getting trimmed back. Why hello there little lady, I hope … Continue reading Weed whacking for dummies- by a dummy
Lord I've let this thing grow a bit wild. This thing is pretty old at this junction- but rosemary is eternal. Here's how you can tell how old this bush is. This Rosemary was planted when this front area was covered with weed cloth and mulched. You can see the remains of the tattered cloth- … Continue reading Rosemary getting fixed up at last
So I found a really weird weed that looks like a geranium. One of the cranes-bill ones. Then I found another. So I picked them roots and all. Probably just a weed. Looks good in a pot though. This was kind of my mood. Put a weed or two in a pot and hope it's … Continue reading Captain’s Log: February 20th 2019
The Neanderthal Gardens 